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Man Eating Lions Dine On Eco-Tourists
This Is London- Evening Standard ^
| 13 February 2003
| John Von Radowitz
Posted on 02/13/2003 7:17:50 AM PST by joesnuffy
Man-eating lions dine on ecotourists By John Von Radowitz, Evening Standard 13 February 2003
Ecotourists are helping nature in an unexpected way - by becoming "fast food of the bush" for man-eating lions, it was claimed today.
Reports of lions eating humans are increasing in Africa, and one reason may be more tourists camping on the big cats' doorstep.
Craig Packer, of Minnesota University, told New Scientist magazine: "There have been a fair number of attacks on humans in the last couple of years, including some in South African camps.
"The problem is, there is a growing number of camps putting people in the bush right next to lions."
Separate research casts doubt on the theory that lions get a taste for human flesh only when illness or injury means they cannot hunt faster four-legged prey.
Zoologist Bruce Patterson examined the bones of 23 maneaters in Kenya. Most were healthy young male lions. He believes males expelled from prides meet more humans on their travels. "It may all be too much for a lion to resist," he said.
The most famous attack on humans occurred in 1898 when two lions terrorised railway workers building a bridge over Kenya's Tsavo River, killing and eating nearly 30 people.
TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; ecotourists; leftistsmorgasboard; liongrossout; lionseatingtwits; maneatinglions; nicetiedyedewd; reallyusefulidiots; womeneatinglions
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Comment #21 Removed by Moderator
To: joesnuffy
(cue cheesy Elton John Music) "...It's the Circle of Life"...
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posted on
02/13/2003 9:06:10 AM PST
by
HumanaeVitae
(When Libertarians want to rally their political base, they run radio ads in Klingon.)
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; AntiGuv; dubyaismypresident; Grani; ...
Lunch? (Pets Eating Tasty Activists Alert!)
"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....
If you want on or off this list, please let me know!
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posted on
02/13/2003 9:07:12 AM PST
by
mhking
("The home team Iraqis have won the toss and elected to receive...")
To: joesnuffy
"It may all be too much for a lion to resist."Yup...
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posted on
02/13/2003 9:09:11 AM PST
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: joesnuffy
Note to Ted Kennedy:
Kenya needs you ... NOW!
To: joesnuffy
After eating several French and German ecotourists the Lions declared "Tastes just like chicken with two left wings"
They especially like the wine and cheese fattened surrender monkeys from France. Easy prey for just about anything or anybody.
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posted on
02/13/2003 9:21:38 AM PST
by
AdA$tra
To: Flurry
"Many animals eat S**t to get the democrat taste out of their mouths"
HA! That's great!! LMAO!!!
To: gridlock
Tusker???? My favorite was the nice warm "White Cap".
I was dining at the base of Mt. Kilamonjaro when we our lunch was invaded by baboons. They actually jumped on the table, snatched up all the bread and jumped out of the restaurant in a matter of seconds. All the waiters carried a supply of rocks in their pockets to toss at em. Too funny.
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posted on
02/13/2003 9:53:45 AM PST
by
OhhTee5
To: sheltonmac
That book inspired the movie The Ghost and the Darkness, starring Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas. It is, in my opinion, one of the best "man vs. nature" movies ever made.That was an amazing movie! I had a big cardboard box of popcorn and finished it early but kept it in my hand. When the lions started attacking the guys in the railway car, it was so suspenseful that I crushed the entire box into a small ball in my hand.
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posted on
02/13/2003 9:58:54 AM PST
by
ikka
To: mhking
LETA Alert (Lions Eating Tasty Activists)
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posted on
02/13/2003 10:10:11 AM PST
by
talleyman
(Tag line loop! Tag line loop! Tag line loop! Tag line loop! Tag line loop! Tag line loop!)
To: joesnuffy
All the people involved in the "Born Free" stupidity eventually ended up as Entrees
To: Celtjew Libertarian
I've started a vegetarian diet. Problem is, they're harder to catch than cows and the meat is stringierLoved that one!
It's from a recent "Zits" comic strip.
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posted on
02/13/2003 12:07:24 PM PST
by
petuniasevan
(Lions: "Send more eco-tourists! They're delicious!)
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Comment #34 Removed by Moderator
To: Dark Nerd
If God didn't mean for animals to eat humans, then why did he make us out of meat? </sarcasm>
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posted on
02/13/2003 12:14:48 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: OhhTee5
I was dining at the base of Mt. Kilamonjaro when we our lunch was invaded by baboons. They actually jumped on the table, snatched up all the bread and jumped out of the restaurant in a matter of seconds. All the waiters carried a supply of rocks in their pockets to toss at em. Too funny. What? Sounds like Kilamonjaro has the same problems with democrats as we do.
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posted on
02/13/2003 12:18:01 PM PST
by
usurper
To: joesnuffy
I'm so tempted to post the drinking song about the Wild West Show and the five-hundred-pound Bengal Tiger, but it would be incredibly tasteless...apparently unlike the tourists.
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posted on
02/13/2003 12:26:09 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(...let's just say those must have been some hungry pussy cats...)
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