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Circus lion attacks trainer in terrifying moment caught on camera. A terrifying moment caught on video, as a circus lion attacks its trainer while performing for an audience of screaming children.
New research links notches on lion teeth with snare traps, revealing significantly more poaching in conservation areas than previously estimated. Researchers used photos of trophy-hunted lions and ...
The century-old teeth of these lions – long mythologized as 'man-eaters' – are now revealing new secrets, including not just whether they ate humans but also clues as to why.
Tooth Troubles. There's another layer to the mystery: Dental disease. One of the Tsavo lions suffered from a broken canine and an abscess that likely caused the loss of several more teeth ...
The lions had numerous dental injuries, including partially broken canine teeth, which allowed layers of hair from their prey to build up over time. For the new study, Gnoske and Kerbis Peterhans ...
The lions’ teeth were damaged during their lifetimes. Study co-author Thomas Gnoske found thousands of hairs embedded in the exposed cavities of the broken teeth. Photo Z94320 courtesy Field ...
Given half a chance, lions aren't above chewing on the occasional Homo sapien that might stray unguarded into their territory. Fortunately, few of the African big cats have ever made a habit of ...
Hairs trapped in cavities of the infamous lions that hunted humans in Kenya’s Tsavo region in 1898 revealed the surprising prey of the massive cats, a study found.