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According to General Zaroff, what is the most dangerous game?

According to General Zaroff, the most dangerous game is man.

General Zaroff's rationale is that the human mind relies on reason and logic as opposed to the animal mind which simply relies simply on instinct.  Therefore, this ability to think through a situation is what makes man the most dangerous game.

Zaroff thinks man is the most dangerous game.

Zaroff states in the story that hunting had "ceased to be what you call "a sporting proposition"  and he needed a quarry that could "match his wits".  As this is said Rainsford begins to understand that the animal that Zaroff has invented is the human.  He figures this out because the human is the only animal that could have courage, be cunning, and above all, must be able to reason. Therefore the most dangerous game to Zaroff is man because man can attempt to fight back or elude his hunter.