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Dietary behaviour of man-eating lions as revealed by dental microwear textures

Lions (Panthera leo) feed on diverse prey species, a range that is broadened by their cooperative hunting. Although humans are not typical prey, habitual man-eating by lions is well documented. Fathoming the motivations of the Tsavo and Mfuwe man-eaters (killed in 1898 in Kenya and 1991 in Zambia, r...

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Autores principales: DeSantis, Larisa R. G., Patterson, Bruce D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5430416/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28424462
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00948-5