History Main / SuperPersistentPredator

** TheOtherWiki has it listed under [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence_hunting Persistence Hunting]]. This is still practiced by many African tribes.

* The Komodo Dragon has a unique twist. It bites its prey once, then trails the animal until it dies. Their teeth are nasty, bacteria-factories, and they also possess extremely unique venom glands -- rather than poisoning the prey, the venom prevents the animal's blood from clotting.

* In ''[[TheTaleof Dragonfly The Tale of Dragonfly ]]'', Blackclaw the Tyrannosaurus rex chases Dragonfly and Styra persistently for the whole book. [[spoiler:At the end, they kill Blackclaw by pushing him into a cave. Blackclaw's huge size and weight causes stalactites to fall from the cave ceiling on him, killing him]].

* In ''[[TheTaleofDragonfly]]'', Blackclaw the Tyrannosaurus rex chases Dragonfly and Styra persistently for the whole book. [[spoiler:At the end, they kill Blackclaw by pushing him into a cave. Blackclaw's huge size and weight causes stalactites to fall from the cave ceiling on him, killing him]].

* In ''[[The Tale of Dragonfly]]'', Blackclaw the Tyrannosaurus rex chases Dragonfly and Styra persistently for the whole book. [[spoiler:At the end, they kill Blackclaw by pushing him into a cave. Blackclaw's huge size and weight causes stalactites to fall from the cave ceiling on him, killing him]].

* This Trope is the premise of ''TheGhostAndTheDarkness''.

* The killer whale in ''Orca''.
** {{Justified}}, the whale was not hunting, his mate was harpooned, hung by her tail until she has a [[NightmareFuel miscarriage]] and then she is finally thrown back to die. Needless to say, he was out for vengeance not a meal.
*** Which makes it a YouFailBiologyForever instead, as orca are much like other dolphins and don't form lasting bonds with their mates. The only female a male orca might possibly fight so fiercely to defend is its ''mother''.

The natural opposite is PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSpecies. Compare AttackAttackAttack, when the animal fights irrationally. Usually happens in places where EverythingIsTryingToKillYou. Biological equivalent of the SpitefulAI. The ''entire universe'' can be like this to TheChewToy or ButtMonkey. This trope has ''nothing'' to do with {{Predator}}, although that one ''is'' super persistent, [[DeTerminator albeit for different reasons.]]

Amusingly, this is one handwave that often wouldn't have been necessary -- it's a well known fact among biologists that intelligent predators can and ''will'' hunt for fun, even if they aren't hungry. Examples are dolphins (who will torture and kill smaller breeds of dolphins as well as band together to ''gang rape'' young female dolphins) as well as orcas (who have been known to throw live seals around for hours on end, occasionally releasing them once they're done).

** He's playing TheMostDangerousGame.

* {{Limbo}} has the game's only boss, a giant spider. [[spoiler: It has ''only one leg'' the last time it shows up, but despite that it still tries to kill you.]]

* The Pteranodon in ''DrMcNinja''.

* ''Anaconda'' combines this with YouFailBiologyForever, stating that the anaconda is some kind of BloodKnight that enjoys killing '''so much''' that it will regurgitate its latest meal just so it can hunt and kill again. Needless to say, no real reptile would waste energy like that.

* Several of the cryptids featured in LostTapes play to this trope.

* Sharptooth (Tyrannosaur) from the first TheLandBeforeTime hunted the dinosaur heroes through mountains and a desert, though this may just have been because there was nothing else to eat.

* ''MonsterHunter'' inverts this. Most large monsters tend to flee from the player after exhausting themselves or sustaining large amounts of damage, and usually have to be chased in order to be taken down. In other words, the ''player'' is the SuperPersistantPredator.

* ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' featured a herd of super-persistent herbivores.
** A CrowningMomentOfFunny for the part where they're chasing Nanami's raft across the ocean on ''surfboards.'' And did we mention that these herbivores are ''elephants?!''
*** Partially TruthInTelevision several herbivores can be very deadly when aggravated. Hippos, for example, may be pudgy and cute-looking. But they are VERY dangerous? How much so? SteveIrwin ...yes, THAT SteveIrwin said that the one time he felt the most in danger was when he was working with Hippos. That's right, they scare one of the most Badass people ever to walk the earth and poke her deadly, toxic and irritable critters with a stick! (There is a cartoon pic floating around of him doing the same to an angel, not really relevant, but funny!)
*** [[DwarfFortress What's so surprising about that?]]
** What we learned about this? [[BewareTheNiceOnes Never piss off Anthy Himemiya.]]