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  2. Damnatio ad bestias - Wikipedia

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    Damnatio ad bestias (Latin for "condemnation to beasts") was a form of Roman capital punishment where the condemned person was killed by wild animals, usually lions or other big cats. This form of execution, which first appeared during the Roman Republic around the 2nd century BC, had been part of a wider class of blood sports called Bestiarii .

  3. List of fatal cougar attacks in North America - Wikipedia

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    The cougar is also commonly known as mountain lion, puma, mountain cat, catamount, or panther. The sub-population in Florida is known as the Florida panther. Over 130 attacks have been documented in [ 1 ] North America in the past 100 years, with 28 attacks resulting in fatalities.

  4. Feral child - Wikipedia

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    A feral child (also called wild child) is a young individual who has lived isolated from human contact from a very young age, with little or no experience of human care, social behavior, or language. Such children lack the basics of primary and secondary socialization . [ 1 ]

  5. Terrifying footage captures caged lion charging at a young child

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    According to The Dodo, Adam M. Roberts, CEO of Born Free USA, commented on the footage, saying, "Lions are natural wild predators and the child in this video, especially when turning his back to ...

  6. Tsavo Man-Eaters - Wikipedia

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    The lion pair was said to have killed dozens of people, with some early estimates reaching over a hundred deaths. While the terrors of man-eating lions were not new in the British public perception, the Tsavo Man-Eaters became one of the most notorious instances of dangers posed to Indian and native African workers of the Uganda Railway.

  7. Man-eating animal - Wikipedia

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    Lions typically become man-eaters for the same reasons as tigers: starvation, old age, and illness, though as with tigers, some man-eaters were reportedly in perfect health. [2] The most notorious case of man-eating lions ever documented happened in 1898 in what was then known as British East Africa, now Kenya.

  8. Witnesses told KTLA that the animal looked unafraid after grabbing the child. Officials later euthanized the mountain lion after determining it was a threat to public safety. The cats can weigh up ...

  9. The Veldt (short story) - Wikipedia

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    The parents, George and Lydia, wonder if the automated house's functions have rendered their roles as parents superfluous. They are also perplexed that the nursery seems stuck on a wild African veldt in which lions eat what they believe to be animals. There they also find recreations of their personal belongings and hear strangely familiar screams.