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Published online 2 November 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.1045
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Lions' taste for human flesh dissected
Two maneaters devoured dozens in the late nineteenth century but one ate the lion's share.
A notorious pair of man-eating lions that teamed up to terrorize Kenyan labour camps more than 100 years ago did not have the same taste for human flesh, a new study suggests. The findings may reveal unexpected flexibility in lion social relationships.
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