Wednesday, April 26, 2017

The tale teeth tell about the legendary man-eating lions of Tsavo

04/26/2017 11:47 AM EDT

the jawbone of the Mfuwe man-eater

Analysis of the microscopic wear on the teeth of the legendary man-eating lions of Tsavo reveals that shortage of normal prey did not drive them to begin killing and eating people.


Full story at https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2017/04/19/the-tale-teeth-tell-about-the-legendary-man-eating-lions-of-tsavo/

Source
Vanderbilt University


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