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A related line of thought is that certain offensive and defensive features were already preprogrammed into the animal’s [[DNA]], but laid dormant until they were "switched on" by the Creator at the [[Fall of man]].  God would have known that man would have given in to sin and set up a sort of "safety feature" wherein animals would be able to survive in a fallen world.

Another idea is that predatory features behavior arose as a result of degenerate mutations.  These mutations would have corrupted the original animal designs, distorting such features as teeth and claws to be more suited for killing.  Mutations could also have resulted in certain animals losing the ability to digest their original plant foods, or having that ability lessened.  This may be evident in animals for which certain [[species]] eat meat, but for which the animal's [[created kind|kind]] in general does not exhibit such characteristics.

Animals that are usually considered meat eaters, such as [[dog]]s and even lions, actually consume a significant level of [[grain]] and [[fruit]].  Domestic dog meal is comprised largely of cereal, and coyotes are actually fond of fruit.  There is a case of the lion that could not stomach even the smell of a bone, but was raised by humans on a diet of grain, eggs, and milk.  [[Mosquito]]es are not all blood suckers either--and males actually survive on [[nectar]].  Furthermore, features that are commonly associated with carnivory are in many cases used for purposes other than killing.  For example, [[reptile]]s with sharp teeth and [[bat]]s with fangs eat fruit.  In at least one instance, an evolutionist has even presented the possibility that dinosaurs used their claws to open coconuts (although this was meant to mock creationists).