Thursday, July 21, 2011

Lions eat humans more after full moons

But it's not because of werewolves.  Or is it?  No, it's really not werewolves, sorry.

It turns out that the frequency of lions attacking humans in Tanzania increases in a period of ten days after full moons.  There's little superstitious claim to be held here.  Lions hunt better in the dark.  In moonlight, they hunt less because they function poorer, so they go hungrier.  As they're hungrier, they attack more.  With it being darker, and them hungrier...they attack more.  Elementary, my dear Watson.


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Article can be found: here

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