http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2223839
Humans Taste Good to All Lions, Not Just the Sick
Thu February 13, 2003 10:27 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - Humans make an attractive meal for all lions and not, as
had traditionally been believed, just old and infirm animals unable to
catch faster-moving meals.
New Scientists magazine said that new research showed most man-eating lions
were young and healthy.
The two most famous man-eaters, who killed and ate nearly 30 people as they
built a bridge over Kenya's Tsavo River in 1898, were found to have broken
teeth.
The Tsavo lions, brought back to life in the film "The Ghost and the
Darkness" starring Michael Douglas and Val Kilmer, led scientists to claim
dental problems were often behind attacks on humans, by making it hard for
lions to bring down their normal prey.
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