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== [[Real Life]] ==
* Cats do this with mice in real life, in order to teach their kittens how to hunt, and on their own because it's the safest way for the cat to kill [https://web.archive.org/web/20120429042340/http://jennifercopley.suite101.com/why-cats-play-with-their-prey-a86865 without risking injury to themselves]. By catching and releasing their prey over and over, they wear out their prey to the point where they're too tired to fight back.
** Cats who missed out on this teaching from their mothers may be toying with their prey because they're not actually sure what to do with it now they've got it.
* In Horse Racing, the handicapping system means that owners want their horses to win by as small a margin as possible.
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