It is, for instance, hard to understand why a lion would be looking for prey in human settlements, eating dogs ... and the likes of herbivores that lions eat have a tendency to migrate when ...

The man-eating lions of Tsavo, exhibited at Chicago's Field ... "If they can't eat normal prey with this severely broken canine, might that be a reason to turn to people?" Peterhans said.

Lions and tigers and bears ... sneak around into the village and capture its preferred prey: children and babies. There are human-eating predators closer to home than you might think: wolves.