Lions Eat Rhino Poachers (Go Lions Go Lions Go Lions)

There's no free lunch.

Wait. Maybe there is.

-cb

Thoughts and prayers.

I wonder if they thought the poachers were after them? After all, from the lion's point of view, a trophy hunter and a poacher are pretty much the same thing.
If so, maybe the animals are wising up.

frimble3 said:

I wonder if they thought the poachers were after them?

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The lions thought the poachers were food. They were correct.


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I am wondering if some behavioural science people would be willing to do a study on lions' responses to unarmed people passing by, versus people with long-guns? Charlie Russell, the naturalist who studied bears for years, claimed that bears reacted differently to the armed and unarmed. (No, they didn't immediately try to eat the unarmed.)
Heck, elephants are smart, can they tell the difference?

frimble3 said:

I am wondering if some behavioural science people would be willing to do a study on lions' responses to unarmed people passing by, versus people with long-guns? Charlie Russell, the naturalist who studied bears for years, claimed that bears reacted differently to the armed and unarmed. (No, they didn't immediately try to eat the unarmed.)
Heck, elephants are smart, can they tell the difference?

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Well, a while back there was a study that claimed elephants can differentiate human languages enough to identify those more likely to be threats (link - saw it several places), so identifying those carrying deadly, long things that probably reek of gunpowder and nastiness would certainly be plausible, IMHO.

As for the story, isn't this how Lafcadio started - eating a hunter?

I laughed so fucking hard when I saw this story on the news.

Stories like this make me so happy & fill me with hope.

Karma at it's best.

They ate two or possibly three poachers? Yikes. Not a lot of table scraps. Maybe the lions asked for a take home box--s6

shakeysix said:

They ate two or possibly three poachers? Yikes. Not a lot of table scraps. Maybe the lions asked for a take home box--s6

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Not a lot of fat or muscle on skinny humans compared to other large mammals.

I'm not going to celebrate someone's death. But this doesn't bother me that much either.

Maneaters usually end up getting shot. I hope that will not be the case with this pride.

And I hope these lions pass on their genes. I think the instinct of eating the hairless monkey's whenever they encounter them, will go a long way in preserving their species.

Having said all that. Jezus, the horror of being eaten alive.... Pfff... Damn...

They found three pairs of shoes, which probably indicates there were three poachers. Now, of course, there are just little piles of lion dung.
The only problem with this story is that once lions figure out humans are crunchy and taste good with catsup, they tend to take the easiest route to a food source. Let's hope they don't decide to start snacking on local villagers who aren't poaching Rhinos. Villagers are a lot easier to catch than, say, Zebra.
That said, go lions!

cornflake said:

Nah, they ate poachers, who'd encroached onto reserve land. I think they're fine. Humans couldn't get to the remains to retrieve them, because the pride was like, 'leftovers! We're saving those!' so they tranquilized a couple of the lions just to grab the bits and weaponry and back away. I haven't seen any talk of it being looked at in a bad light, or their being in danger.

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Good.

Anyone else thinking of that Maurice Sendek story Pierre? The rhinos were in a refuge but the poachers didn't care! --s6