Honestly yeah. I'm short and skinny, and am usually underpowered in a fight. Hell yeah I want to be a shark. I'm really debating taking some self defense lessons, or get an automatic weapon. Not everyone is built like Arnold Swartzeneggar now You could be a little baby that drinks milk.
An elephant can lift a lion with its trunk. A lion can’t lift an elephant. There are many human body builders who are vegans. apex predator have to actively hunt to live. Eventually they can’t and they starve. Either because they get old, or they get injured, or they get sick. In any case the inability to catch their prey kills thembefore anything else.
It should also be noted that most wildabeast die of old age. Only a very small percentage die by being eaten. Meanwhile many lions die because they aren't strong enough to eat their share of a kill (as a baby) or they get cast out of the pride because they lose. Then death is pretty quick via starvation. Female lions have it better, but eventually they get fucked by their son (if they are lucky).
Oh ok, so it's better to die from old age than it is to die from not being able to hunt from old age. It doesn't matter what kind of animal you are, you are still going to die from old age. If you want to be a long lasting old animal go for a turtle, some of them can live up to 200 years. Or better yet, become a tree. You can live thousands of years doing nothing but growing. That sounds more your style since you are so worried about your animal dying. But as for me, I'd rather live a short exciting life than a long dull boring life...
A lot of predators die young of starvation. a turtle would be an option but giraffe’s are elegant and awkwardly graceful creatures. you want to be a shark. That’s uninspiring and unoriginal. If you want to live a short exciting life, be a fruit fly or a male praying mantis.