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Subject: Re: The Lions of Tsavo From: Draugluin posted Tue, Nov 3 2009, 9:41pm  I've seen the Tsavo lions a couple times while at the Field Museum, it's hard to even guess what their real size might have been because Patterson had them turned into rugs. The museum admitted to having to scale them down a bit because of thin patches in the pelts and there is no knowing how much they'd been previously trimmed by Patterson. As for why they did it I find it much more likely that prey depletion by the influx of humans in the region as well as a possible outbreak of rinderpest disease were the cause of their attacks than a tooth problem was. The claim that they only ate 35 people is wrong too, not only did slave caravans routinely dump their dead all over that area but the Hindu practice of abbreviated cremation could have given them many more uncounted people to dine on. If you want to see a true monster of a lion at the Field Museum go to the bottom floor and tucked behind one of the stair cases is the man-eater of Mfuwe. Strangely enough he was also a maneless lion but his pelt is (mostly) intact and he is 5 foot tall and 10.5 feet long. A photo I took of the Tsavo man-eaters. Subject: Re: The Lions of Tsavo From: the_larynx_of_gordon_lightfoot posted Wed, Nov 4 2009, 1:06am  Thank you Draugulin! That is a great photo of the Tsavo Lions! It's been probably thirty years since I've been to Chicago and I need to go back to the museum! Subject: Re: The Lions of Tsavo From: Draugluin posted Wed, Nov 4 2009, 1:13am  I wish I could have gotten a photo of the skulls as well but that was the best shot I could get at the time. They've moved the lions to the extreme back of the animal displays and they had the area roped off for some party or conference that was happening.

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