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In 1898, a pair of maneless male lions began terrorizing crews building the Kenya-Uganda Railway, killing and eating dozens of men over a span of about nine months. The lions became known as the ...
In 1898, a pair of male lions attacked, killed, and devoured dozens of workers constructing a railway bridge over the Tsavo River in Kenya. At least 35 people were killed. After that, the large ...
Field Museum marks 100 years since acquiring man-eating Lions of Tsavo. ... The pair of maneless male lions suddenly acquired a taste for humans, and preyed upon the railroad workers.
The “Tsavo man-eaters,” as the male African lions are known, have been mythologized in books and Hollywood movies. Historical accounts have described how they ate dozens of people who worked ...
Two male lions became infamous for terrorizing and eating humans in 1898 during the construction of a railway bridge over the Tsavo River in Kenya. Now, an innovative genetic analysis of hairs ...
Two male lions became infamous for terrorizing and eating humans in 1898 during the construction of a railway bridge over the Tsavo River in Kenya. Now, an innovative genetic analysis of hairs ...
Two male lions became infamous for terrorizing and eating humans in 1898 during the construction of a railway bridge over the Tsavo River in Kenya. Now, an innovative genetic analysis of hairs ...
The lions have been housed as taxidermy specimens at the Field Museum in Chicago since 1925. Superx308 Jeffrey Jung via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0. In 1898, a pair of maneless male lions ...
Two male lions became infamous for terrorizing and eating humans in 1898 during the construction of a railway bridge over the Tsavo River in Kenya. Now, an innovative genetic analysis of hairs ...
Two male lions became infamous for terrorizing and eating humans in 1898 during the construction of a railway bridge over the Tsavo River in Kenya. Now, an innovative genetic analysis of hairs ...
Two male lions became infamous for terrorizing and eating humans in 1898 during the construction of a railway bridge over the Tsavo River in Kenya. Now, an innovative genetic analysis of hairs ...
Two male lions became infamous for terrorizing and eating humans in 1898 during the construction of a railway bridge over the Tsavo River in Kenya. Now, an innovative genetic analysis of hairs ...