Why aren鈥檛 hit-and-run attacks common in the animal kingdom? Surely a barracuda or shark could take a meal-sized chunk out of the back or belly of a whale before it could respond. The same goes for smaller pairings of animals.
Mark King
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
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