Big critters eat people. I will not venture where I can not be armed to protect me/mine. Sometimes momma lion is a man eater. She teaches her cubs to do the same. Same with leopards, tigers etc. The Ghost and the Darkness movie was based on a true story but Michael Douglas' shitty character didn't exist in real life. Read Thomas Patterson's book Man Eaters of Tsavo. Dude was a bad ass. There have been prides of cats that have eaten hundreds of people. I was always interested in dangerous game hunting. Have read many books about the big cats and their man eating ways. Elephants in Africa are no fucking joke either! There is a great deal of truth in the saying the black stuff between elephants toes are slow natives. They kill shitloads of people but Crocs reign supreme.