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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 10, 2019 20:21:08 GMT -5
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Post by scrub-buster on Apr 10, 2019 21:01:06 GMT -5
The Ghost and the Darkness movie was about those lions. Very interesting story.
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Post by tomthreetoes on Apr 10, 2019 21:23:21 GMT -5
I read the book, good read.
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Post by esshup on Apr 11, 2019 1:59:46 GMT -5
I read the book, good read. Ditto and "Death in the Long Grass" and a few others. |
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Post by steiny on Apr 11, 2019 8:51:54 GMT -5
Good book, read it a long time ago.
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Post by ukwil on Apr 11, 2019 9:38:03 GMT -5
Go to the Field Museum in Chicago and see them in person. They have them mounted and the actual skulls in an exhibit
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Post by Sasquatch on Apr 11, 2019 20:00:20 GMT -5
Truly terrifying. The Ghost and the Darkness was indeed a good flick, and it's incredible to think that the real ones were worse.
Makes sense in a way. They figured out that these men were tasty and easy to catch. It's a wonder more of that didn't happen.
Maneaters still happen...they just usually don't get press until the numbers tick high enough. There was a bad one named "Osama" a few years ago.
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 11, 2019 20:25:15 GMT -5
Truly terrifying. The Ghost and the Darkness was indeed a good flick, and it's incredible to think that the real ones were worse. Makes sense in a way. They figured out that these men were tasty and easy to catch. It's a wonder more of that didn't happen. Maneaters still happen...they just usually don't get press until the numbers tick high enough. There was one named "Osama" a few years ago. As I understand it the lions developed a taste for human flesh eating corpses of rail road workers that died. They were supposed to be buried but folks got lazy and just tossed the bodies in the Bush. Easy pickings.. |
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 11, 2019 20:27:28 GMT -5
Go to the Field Museum in Chicago and see them in person. They have them mounted and the actual skulls in an exhibit I saw them. Two maneless mature males. This area had lot of the maneless males. Genetics? |
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Post by Sasquatch on Apr 11, 2019 20:31:22 GMT -5
Truly terrifying. The Ghost and the Darkness was indeed a good flick, and it's incredible to think that the real ones were worse. Makes sense in a way. They figured out that these men were tasty and easy to catch. It's a wonder more of that didn't happen. Maneaters still happen...they just usually don't get press until the numbers tick high enough. There was one named "Osama" a few years ago. As I understand it the lions developed a taste for human flesh eating corpses of rail road workers that died. They were supposed to be buried but folks got lazy and just tossed the bodies in the Bush. Easy pickings.. One of those "why didn't anyone think that was a bad idea" things! |
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Post by esshup on Apr 11, 2019 20:57:59 GMT -5
I also read a book about F. Selous hunting leopards, that's some serious stuff there too!!
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