Apex Predator Tank

That is,

the thing that made Jordan (with a bullet), Kobe, Bird &c what they be.

All I have to say is that my best years of ultimate were the times during which I (c/w)ould most often during life, training, ultimate &c (think of/believe) myself (as/to be):

A motherfuckin predator ["Get to dhah choppuh.", 3].

How would a raptor attack?
A cormorant?
A rattler?
A lion?
A tiger?
A bear?

Not as tangential as you think,
Never as relevant as I know,
you know.