Man-Eating Lion Stuck With Porcupine Quill (IMAGE)

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Man-Eating Lion Stuck With Porcupine Quill

Caption

A 1965 photograph of a deceased lion that, due to a porcupine injury, resorted to killing humans. The white tip of the porcupine quill is visible sticking out of the lion's nostril.

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© Julian Kerbis Peterhans, photo by John Perrott

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