#lion attacks

[ladyeckland28]

The Untold Story Behind "The Ghost and The Darkness"

In 1896, a series of horrific events unfolded in the Tsavo region of Kenya, capturing the world's attention. This true story, later dramatized in the 1996 film "The Ghost and The Darkness," recounts the chilling tale of two man-eating lions that terrorized the construction of the Uganda Railway.

The construction of the railway was a significant undertaking, employing thousands of workers. However, the project was beset by a pair of remarkably cunning and aggressive lions that preyed on the construction crews. These two felines, dubbed the "Tsavo man-eaters," were responsible for the deaths of an estimated 135 workers, causing widespread fear and disrupting the railway's progress.

The story's central figures were Lieutenant Colonel John Henry Patterson, the engineer overseeing the railway construction, and the two notorious man-eaters. Patterson, played by Val Kilmer in the film, embarked on a harrowing quest to track down and eliminate the lions, which exhibited extraordinary intelligence and hunting prowess.

The film's depiction of the events, while dramatic, is largely faithful to the historical record. Patterson's own accounts, published in his book "The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo," provide vivid details of the hunters' pursuit and the lions' relentless attacks.

The enduring legacy of the Tsavo man-eaters lies in their ability to captivate the public imagination, serving as a powerful symbol of the dangers and mysteries that still lurk in the wild. The story continues to fascinate and inspire, serving as a testament to the ongoing struggle between humans and the untamed forces of nature.

[hoofpeet]

Doing a full pivot in 2025 into dedicating this blog to Between the Lions fanart

[sennamaticart]

Artfight attack for @possessedpasm of August and Oscar doing the twist!

[p1nkshield]

Danny tried to inject a little more mirth into his laugh as he appeared in front of the group of young heroes, hoping to shock them a bit.

“Hell-”

“RAAGH!”

Superboy launched himself at their assumed enemy. Or he thought he did. Instead he was grabbed out of the air, spun about like a dance partner and thrown into the running path of his speedster teammate.

“Hold on! Return to sender please! Honestly, I didn’t even get to finish my monologue! You could’ve gotten some good information from that!”

Danny feigned a pout as he floated to the ground, purposefully letting aquaman’s little protege get the jump on him.

Water rushed over his legs and froze him in place.

“Very good! But didn’t you notice the chill in the air? I’m something of an ice mage myself.”

Danny began to manipulate the ice to break out rather than faze through it, taking note of Artemis aiming an arrow at his chest.

She had a clear shot but Danny couldn’t wait for her to take it without being obvious. So he turned his attention to the heavy hitters. Star and Supes.

Robin felt like he was a puppy being shown the pair of shoes he just chewed up. If he could have face palmed at Superboy’s hotheaded decision to jump right into battle he would have. He cringed as poor Wally was taken out by the kryptonian turned projectile. Star looked as if she didn’t know what to do or when to jump in. It seemed she wouldn’t have to wonder much longer.

Robin watched as the villain launched towards her hurling orbs of energy at her as he complained.

“Ugh green. You’re all green.” He said as he turned to grab a hurtling superboy by the face this time and throwing him into the path of the freshly recovered kid flash again.

“Have a nice trip.”

He looked so very bored as he quipped, dodging Star’s attempts to return fire.

Okay Danny was actually getting tired. He heard an arrow fire. Finally. He caught it and looked smugly at the archer. It exploded with containment foam. Clever.

“Oh this is embarrassing. Being caught by baby heroes who look like they’ve got midterms tomorrow!” He said as the foam solidified. He continued to prattle on about this, that and the other, taking note of the distinct looks of annoyance on each teen’s face. He was about to hint at the whereabouts of their missing teammate but once again Superboy told him to shut up as he tried to punch his lights out. Oh! That was a bad idea. Danny decided to play along, rolling his face with the punch so the kid wouldn’t hurt his hand.

Robin looked hopeful as he watched his teammates render their attacker unconscious. Until his face fell. Ice was creeping up the mass of foam and he couldn’t warn his team. He desperately promised the universe that was never gonna take coms for granted again if his team made it out of this.

The foam exploded into shards that turned into restraints that stuck his teammates to the walls.

“Gosh I was kidding. You really thought you won? Cute.” He checked his phone, and gasped nearly dropping it. “Oh my cookies are almost done baking! I’ve gotta jet! Your restraints will melt in two hours and your little bird is upstairs enjoying the show. Buh bye!” He blew some green powder into Superboy’s face knocking him out before he could break out and disappeared.

Great. He has kryptonite. Fantastic.

After such a thorough embarrassment the group of teens skulked their way back to the nearest zeta station, beaming back to their base.

“I think this is the worst mission we’ve done man!” Wally complained as he limped off the zeta beam platform.

Kon and Aqualad just squinted, obviously wanting him to shut up.

“What? I can’t say we were ass today? We were! I twisted my ankle on your face Superboy. That’s pretty bad.”

“Robin.”

That shut Wally up real quick.

“Report.” Batman said as the team shuffled into base in various states of disarray.

Robin’s team was lined up behind him just as embarrassed as he was. Robin was beet red as began.

“Our mission did not go as planned.”

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[facts-i-just-made-up]

Snake Island has no snakes whatsoever, but is completely overrun by lions. It is named for the famous lion hunter Edwin Snake Jr, who was eaten there, by birds.

[trek-tracks]

Sorry, we can't move them

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[weepingtalecowboy]

I am surprised and kind of not surprised at all by how undeniably bad Hyrule's politics are

Like there is a demon knocking at your doorstep every decade or so

And instead of creating a system of actually destroying the demon again and again

You just throw your daughters at the problem and wait till a little blond boy comes and saves you

Like why is the whole kingdom so underprepared for calamity ganon

They had 10.000 years to prepare for it and instead chose to procrastinate till they had less then a year left and only then did they try to find a way to fix the situation

Like telling Zelda to get on and start zelding would have been useful when they had several thousands of years to prepare

But only like 17 years without a link to be found

Is just stupid they should have recovered the divine beasts the second that Zelda came to be or even earlier like several hundred years before the reawakening of the calamity

But that also makes total sense for a kingdom that won’t stop sacrificing daughters and relies entirely upon a single man (most Times a boy even)

And that is so fucking hilarious and pathetic

Like if I was an outside observer

I too wouldn’t want to involve myself into such a mess

[isa-grapes]

rewatching voltron in 2025…….. honest to god forgot how much cunt lance was serving back in the day……

[kaleidoru]

sealed emotions

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I was attacked by a mountain lion three separate times. In the same dream, I got pulled over twice as well.

[abyssal-ilk]

hm. do you think vivienne could theoretically encourage the spirit in her blade to possess something else. something a bit bigger, maybe. like. you know.

a massive lion statue in val royeaux.

[izzy140105]

fuck.......... I definitely have a type.........

[oracleofdiscord]

now that mithrun has made his anime debut, i'm going to ask a question that's been rattling around in my brain for a bit.

when mithrun confronted the winged lion, do you think he'd learned enough about demons to realize they were all parts of one being? that he knew going in that he was confronting his abuser? or do you think he was expecting it to be fully another demon, only to get blindsided by

honestly, with the amount of detail in dungeon meshi, i wouldn't be surprised if the answer is somewhere and i missed it or forgot it - if anyone has evidence one way or the other, i'd be curious to see it

[birrdify]

HULLOHELLOHELLO !!!!been looking at ur nito design n i really needed to draw fanart he is .so wonderful and so is ur player design💔💔 they r cotton candy pink n blue i llove them a more than normal amount

[overlord-of-fantasy]

Voldemort's patronus

"Voldemort's patronus would be a snake", "Voldemort's patronus would be a dragon", "Voldemort's patronus would be the basilisk".

Wrong!

Voldemort's patronus would be a honey badger.

[snkyou]

Thinking about how there maybe weren't any snakes inside the walls, so Levi's first encounter with one is the one that got him in the knee.... post war Levi being a biiit wary of snakes, a little scared of them perhaps...