The Man Eaters of Tsavo at the Field Museum

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Sunday, June 12, 2022
1:00 - 3:00 PM CT

Cooperation is the cornerstone of lion social behavior. In one notorious example, a pair of adult male lions from Tsavo, Kenya worked cooperatively to kill dozens of railway workers over a 10-month span in 1898. The ‘‘man-eaters of Tsavo’’ have since passed into legend, becoming the subject of numerous popular accounts, including three Hollywood films. Yet the full extent of the lions’ man-eating behavior is unknown; estimates have ranged widely from 28 to 135 human victims.

Join Dr. Nathanial Dominy in this exploration of the ways that these two lions came to the Field Museum and the recent use of stable isotope ratios to measure different levels of dietary specialization on humans during a time of severe food shortage. Tuition includes full admission to the museum.

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