I believe that for nine months, evil popped out of the ground at TsavoEven with broken teeth, lions are flexible eaters. Perhaps the Tsavo lions first had to scavenge on corpses, he suggested, and only then began to hunt the living. The scientists compared the Tsavo lions’ teeth to those of zoo lions, wild lions, cheetahs and known bone-crunchers such as hyenas. The Tsavo lions’ teeth were most similar to those of captive animals. Likewise, cheetahs, which do not eat bones, showed similar wear on their teeth to the Tsavo lions’ grooves.

Source: National Post April 19, 2017 19:18 UTC