[skc]

I did this a lot as a child. Find some random insect (beetle, spider, earthworm), pop it into an ant colony and spend hours watching the ensuing battle.

Never thought of it as cruel, which is unsettling when I imagine what an alien species with superior intelligence might choose to do with us.

[hasa]

I did the same but I would not call it battle. It was like feeding lions with human slaves during Roman empire.

[ac42]

higher intelligence = higher ignorance?