Why didn't the big cats drive humans to extinction?

ATTENTION! To all persons visiting the planet Earth, take extreme caution when encountering wild humans. Despite their apparent softness, poor senses, and lack of natural weapons, they are the alpha predators of their planet. Remember the following rules if a wild human is encountered. They are social animals. read more

Because humans, with tools, language and teamwork, are far more powerful and dangerous than any big cat that has ever existed, and as a result have driven many big cats to extinction, and have driven most of the rest to the brink of it. read more

For thousands of years, the Bali Tiger coexisted uneasily with the indigenous human settlers of Indonesia; however, it didn't find itself truly imperiled until the arrival of the first European traders and mercenaries, who mercilessly hunted this tiger to extinction, sometimes simply for sport and sometimes to protect their animals and homesteads. read more