User blog comment:Magma MK-II/Characters that shouldn't be here, Part 4: Electric Boogaloo/@comment-25008763-20160112134608/@comment-7455247-20160115173441

This is just my opinion, but I still think that when a character (human or animal) wants the death of the protagonists, he is beyond a simple antagonist and is entirely a villain. Animals follow their instincts, but that doesn't change anything. Many robots and machines follow their programming, but they are still villains. Many monsters and demons follow their nature, but they are still villains. Many aliens and Cosmic Beings follow their different morality, but they are still villains.

In addition, like I said previously, all stories are created by humans, therefore the animals can't be totally realistic. Most of the time, they don't act like real animal but like vicious killing machines who are determined to kill the heroes. There are no differences between them and any other monsters.

And personally, I still find illogical to accept some of them and not the others. All of them are not real animals, they are fictional animal made-up by humans for the sole purpose of posing a threat to the heroes, like any other villains. Anthropomorphic predators (like Sharptooth or Kaa) and B-Movie animals with unrealistically high body count (like Jaws) are considered as villains and for good reasons, but their goal is the same as any other fictional predator, they all want to eat the heroes, so they all should be considered as villains.