He stated in a congressional speech concerning slavery reperations that over 20 million slaves died during the passage from Africa to America and and were thrown overboard and sharks are still patrolling the slave route waiting for more human flesh. To save you some time, the numbers worked out to somewhere around 4000 slaves a day were cast overboard.
This was a not too subtle political jab that crossed my mind when I read where the article stated that the total lion victims were probably much less than folklore dictates. My apologies, I keep forgetting there are a number of people here who go through life with their panties in a wad and jump to ill-informed conclusions.
Have a good evening.