User blog comment:Deafro/What makes RWBY Interesting/@comment-15108745-20130830202410/@comment-15108745-20130831150542

From the way they attack, it looks like they're not starving at all. Perhaps they're a little full of themselves and already have established themselves as the dominant creatures of the forest. When they see the students, all they might be seeing is another creature that they can play with and kill. Maybe that's why the snake doesn't right out try and kill Ren and takes its time to "toy" with him. Of course, that fails miserably.