"I think I need to remind you what the relationship between predator and prey is like! In a nutshell: I attack, you die."
— The Ant God shortly before commencing an attack on a vixen that it's been trying to eat for eleven years, "For tuna the can tolls
" roleplay of White Dark Life
" roleplay of White Dark Life"What is this dinosaur's deal with these guys? It's not like there isn't bigger game to chase. Hell, the fucking T. rex probably would have fed her for a month. So why does she keep going after them? Maybe to dinosaurs all people look like running middle fingers. Hey, it makes about as much sense as any other reason."
— The Nostalgia Critic, on the Spinosaurus in Jurassic Park III
"Oh, come on! What's wrong with this monster? Some of those people look delicious!"
— Tarvek, Girl Genius (when a predator won't stop chasing him)
)"It's no mystery anymore. The shark is deliberately stalking the Brody family, and is literally seeking revenge for its exploding death by Chief Brody in the original Jaws. I know it's probably supposed to be from the same shark family, but I like to think it's the same shark that somehow resurrected itself. I mean, the shark here actually follows Brody's widow from Massachusetts to the Bahamas, and it roars. If you can accept all that, you can accept anything."
"As a rule, whales are not very hard to get away from if you are good at dodging—if you've only got a quick swerve. But this one that came after Clippa and myself was a very mean whale. Every time he lost us under a stone or something he'd come back and hunt and hunt till he routed us out into the open again. I never saw such a nasty, persevering brute."
—The Silver Fidgit, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
"It liked my arm so much, Smee, that it has followed me ever since, from sea to sea and from land to land, licking its lips for the rest of me."
—Captain Hook lamenting about the crocodile's persistence, Peter Pan
Bazelgeuse then spends its every waking moment searching for its next meal, and searching for people's days to ruin. The hate inside of him means that once he has found a target, he will pursue it relentlessly throughout the New World, stopping for nothing and no one until the very spirit and then body (in quick succession) of his intended is destroyed. It is a gruesome sight to see someone chased down like so, but that is nature, and nature is CRUE-[gets crushed by a Bazelgeuse]
Huge predators need a large amount of energy, so choosing between attacking a slow-moving but large and injured herbivore or the comparatively small and less nutrious protagonist, the apex predator will obviously drop everything it's doing, and chase down our interstellar explorers instead! It will likely hunt our main characters for a good portion of the plot, expending far more energy than it would gain from eating a human. It will not give up the hunt even if our explorers manage to injure it and drive it away temporarily. Never should an apex predator know when to cut its losses for easier prey. Just treat them like a videogame monster! [+2000 XP]
You see, humans are what we call "persistence hunters." Which means we kill by running down our prey until they beg us for death. [...] Imagine for a moment you're this big fucking turkey and it's almost time for Thanksgiving. After a long and arduous battle, you run away as far as you can. But, every time you turn around, he's still there. And even worse, IT'S WEARING YOUR SKIN.
and it's almost time for Thanksgiving. After a long and arduous battle, you run away as far as you can. But, every time you turn around, he's still there. And even worse, IT'S WEARING YOUR SKIN."If you leave the house of madness...I will hunt you down...Catch you...And bring you back to insanity..."
Spike You sure you want to go tracking with that storm coming in, boss?
Caleb Powell: Well if there's a storm moving in, we better get going, because the storm will wipe away the tracks, won't it?
Caleb Powell: Well if there's a storm moving in, we better get going, because the storm will wipe away the tracks, won't it?
"You still don't get it, do you!? He'll find her! THAT'S WHAT HE DOES! THAT'S ALL HE DOES!"
— Kyle Reese, The Terminator
i think we can all agree: this fish is an asshole, a normal fish would have swam away a long time ago, this fish has a vendetta, he is absolutely out of pocket
And Tharagavverug, it being the hour when he took the first meal of the day, was moving toward a village with his heart tolling. And all the people of the village were come out to meet him, as it was their wont to do; for they abode not the suspense of awaiting Tharagavverug and of hearing him sniffing brazenly as he went from door to door, pondering slowly in his metal mind what habitant he should choose. And none dared to flee, for in the days when the villagers fled from Tharagavverug, he, having chosen his victim, would track him tirelessly, like a doom. Nothing availed them against Tharagavverug. Once they climbed the trees when he came, but Tharagavverug went up to one, arching his back and leaning over slightly, and rasped against the trunk until it fell.
"We will just keep coming until we have you."
—Vontra, The Wild Robot (2024)
"How long before it starts to lose interest in us?"
"Days... at least. They're very persistent creatures. When I was a child, I had one as a pet."
"You had one of those?"
"Domesticated. They're smaller... slightly."
—Archer and T'Pol, Star Trek: Enterprise
"Days... at least. They're very persistent creatures. When I was a child, I had one as a pet."
"You had one of those?"
"Domesticated. They're smaller... slightly."
—Archer and T'Pol, Star Trek: Enterprise
Producer Guy: So why is [the Spinosaurus] still chasing them?
Screenwriter Guy: Well, I mean, it's a predator, sir, it wants to eat.
Producer Guy: Right, but it just killed a massive T-Rex, right? That's- that's food.
Screenwriter Guy: Yeah well he's not in the mood for T-Rex meat, I don't know what to tell ya.
Screenwriter Guy: Well, I mean, it's a predator, sir, it wants to eat.
Producer Guy: Right, but it just killed a massive T-Rex, right? That's- that's food.
Screenwriter Guy: Yeah well he's not in the mood for T-Rex meat, I don't know what to tell ya.
Vulture: Don't you get it? They'll never going to stop.
Antelope: They... they have to stop. They can't run forever.
Vulture: Neither can you.
Antelope: They'll get tired.
Vulture: Not before you do. See? Look up on the ridge, under the trees where you stopped to rest last time. Here they come. You get it now? They may be slow, but they're relentless. They wear you down until you're completely spent. It's a sad sight. Eventually all you can do is stand there drooling and gasping for air as they walk right up to you and... Well... you get it.
Antelope: They... they have to stop. They can't run forever.
Vulture: Neither can you.
Antelope: They'll get tired.
Vulture: Not before you do. See? Look up on the ridge, under the trees where you stopped to rest last time. Here they come. You get it now? They may be slow, but they're relentless. They wear you down until you're completely spent. It's a sad sight. Eventually all you can do is stand there drooling and gasping for air as they walk right up to you and... Well... you get it.
