The Tsavo Man-Eaters were a pair of large man-eating male lions in the Tsavo region of Kenya, which were responsible for the deaths of many construction workers on the Kenya-Uganda Railway between March and December 1898. The lion pair was said to have killed dozens of people, with some early estimates reaching over a hundred deaths.

Feb 10, 2018 · Tucked within an arresting collection of taxidermied mammals of Africa in the Rice Gallery, the man-eating lions of Tsavo are two of the Field Museum’s most famous residents—and also the most infamous.

Tsavo is a region of Kenya with a history of two male lions that became man-eaters, killing and eating over 100 people – the highest ever number of human deaths recorded by lions. Unsurprisingly these two lions became known as Tsavo’s man-eating lions.

Jan 1, 2010 · They are perhaps the world’s most notorious wild lions. Their ancestors were vilified more than 100 years ago as the man-eaters of Tsavo, a vast swath of Kenya savanna around the Tsavo River.

Mar 26, 2021 · The famous man-eating African lions of Tsavo terrorized workers along the Kenya-Uganda Railroad for nine months, until one man hunted them down.

Jan 11, 2024 · The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story. British railway workers in Kenya were terrorized by two lions: maneaters that defied the laws of nature and, by some estimates, killed over one hundred people.

Nov 23, 2023 · The Tsavo Maneaters were a pair of man-eating, mane-less lions who terrorized the crew building the bridge over the Tsavo River in Kenya. While most male lions are seen with manes, not all males will have them.

Jul 24, 2024 · The gruesome tale unfolded in 1898 when two maneless male lions routinely killed dozens of railway workers in Tsavo, Kenya then known as British East Africa. The attacks were done during the night as the workers slept in their tents.

During the construction of a bridge over the Tsavo River, a pair of maneless male lions, infamously known as the “man-eating lions of Tsavo,” struck terror by allegedly killing over 28 people working on the railway bridge.

Oct 11, 2024 · Scientists have uncovered new insights into the diet of the infamous Tsavo man-eating lions after analyzing clumps of hair found in the predators' teeth. In 1898, a pair of male lions...