It is common to distinguish between harmless animals and wild animals.
However, even "harmless" animals like deer can cross the road unexpectedly and cause traffic accidents.
The jungle was indeed lush, the local animals quite harmless.
She believed the lion was only a tired, harmless old animal.
I grieve to have killed a harmless animal, especially one prized so highly by our new friends.
He was certain that he would merely be regarded as a harmless animal if somebody were to see him.
Poor Max, who would do that to a sweet harmless animal like that?
Maybe even the robots will consider him to be a harmless animal and disregard his activities.
The robot took him for a harmless foraging animal that could have been seeking water from a spring.
Would the robot assume it was necessary to kill the seemingly harmless animal?