A hundred years ago, two man-eating lions appeared on the railway site in East Africa. They attacked the builders like demons, devouring more than one hundred lives. Lieutenant Colonel Patterson, a British engineer, waged a life-and-death struggle with the two demons and eventually shot one of them, but the other was still doing evil. A few days after the first man-eating lion was killed, another lion tried to attack the railway inspector. At night, it came to the inspector's residence and wandered wildly on the porch. The inspector didn't know it was a lion. Thinking that drunken workers were causing trouble, he angrily shouted at them in the room and told them to get out. Fortunately, he didn't come out to open the door, so the lion who couldn't eat human flesh had to catch some goats raised by inspectors and eat them on the spot. When the inspector found out the truth the next day, he was deeply grateful that he had escaped. When Zhong Zhong Patterson knew, he decided that the lion would come again, so he decided to ambush in an empty tin room next to the inspector's house at night. Outside the tin house, Patterson tied three sheep together with a 250-pound chain as bait. Nothing happened that night. At dawn, Patterson was sleepy, but the lion came. Unexpectedly, the strength of the lion is amazing. Before Patterson took careful aim, he quickly dragged away three sheep with chains. Patterson quickly fired in the direction where the lion left, but hit a sheep. The next day, Patterson led people along the lion's bloody path and soon found the lion in a dense bush. When the lion found someone approaching, he immediately gave a fierce roar, and then went through the bushes like lightning and attacked. But the lion's attack was an empty shot. When people panicked and climbed trees to escape, the lion took the opportunity to slip away without a trace. Patterson found two donkey carcasses in the lion's hiding place. He thought that the lion would probably come back and continue to eat donkey meat, so he decided to ambush here. He ordered people to build a solid platform a few feet outside the donkey's corpse, and climbed the platform with his servants before dark to watch. In the evening, Patterson was very tired because of the continuous night shift. Just as he was taking a nap, the servant told him quietly that the lion was coming. Sure enough, lions appeared, and they were not found. Patterson's shotgun fired at the same time as the lion passed directly below them. The lion was shot in the shoulder, and the huge momentum made the lion lie on the ground. However, Patterson reloaded and was about to shoot again when the lion had disappeared into the jungle. After dawn, Patterson walked a mile under the guidance of blood. Signs show that the lion has rested several times, and Patterson thinks it is badly hurt. But soon the blood disappeared and the terrain became rugged, and Patterson could not continue to track it. After the confrontation, the lion disappeared for ten days. Patterson expected it to die of serious injuries, but he didn't let his guard down. One night, the lion appeared again and tried to attack the workers who were sleeping in a big tree. After being discovered, Patterson immediately shot and drove away, but he did not rush out of the tent. It is foolish to walk out of the tent in the dark. It can't kill the lion, but it may add a dead soul. Although Patterson kept shooting, the lion didn't leave. It lingered under the tree for a long time. The next day, people found it breaking into every tent. Fortunately, the workers took precautions and slept in hammocks hanging from high trees at night. The next night, Patterson climbed the tree that the lion tried to attack yesterday, hoping that it would attack again. That night, the moonlight was bright and the surrounding scenery was clearly visible. Patterson and his servant take turns on duty. At three o'clock at night, Patterson suddenly felt strange. He opened his eyes and looked around, but found nothing, and the servant saw nothing. The puzzled Patterson was about to continue his nap when he suddenly saw the bushes moving. After staring for a while, he was sure that it was a lion, and it was quietly approaching them! From Paterson's position, we can really see that the lion uses every cover to approach a little bit, which is very skillful, just like a cat playing a game of catching mice. Patterson controlled his temper and waited for the lion to approach. This is really a very dangerous game. If Patterson's sixth sense hadn't suddenly warned them, they might have become the prey of lions. When the distance was close to twenty yards, Patterson 's.303 rifle fired, and he heard the bullet hit the lion. The painful lion roared and jumped away, and Patterson continued shooting. He was sure that the last bullet had also been hit. At dawn, Patterson and his men couldn't wait to track the lion and soon found it hiding in the bushes. The lion gave a fierce warning, which sounded like a large-displacement diesel engine. Through the trees, Patterson saw lions growling and glaring at them. It cocked its nose, revealing Bai Sensen's sharp teeth. Patterson took aim and fired a shot, and the lion jumped up at once. He fired another shot and knocked down the lion, but it immediately jumped over and swooped down. The third fire still failed to stop the lion. Patterson has no time to reload. He reached for the carbine of his servant, but it was empty. The servant has climbed up the tree with a gun in fear. Patterson had no choice but to climb the branch quickly and swing on it before the lion jumped up, and the lion's claws swept under him. Patterson believes that if the lion doesn't slow down seriously, he can't escape this claw. After the lion vacated, he staggered towards the Woods. Patterson picked up the servant's carbine and fired again. The lion fell. Patterson thought it was dead, so he came down from the tree and walked towards it, but the lion jumped up suddenly without warning. Patterson was so scared that he shot it twice in the head and chest. The lion fell to the ground, only five yards away from Patterson. This time it really died. Patterson stepped forward, only to find that the lion was dead, hideous, with a branch in his mouth. The camp staff rushed to the scene following the gunshots. When they learned that the man-eating lion had been killed, they burst into warm cheers. After carrying the lion back to the camp, Patterson found that the lion had at least six bullet holes, and the bullet on his shoulder was shot from the high platform ten days ago. Like the lion that was hunted last time, this lion is a lion without mane. It is about 290 cm long from the tip of the nose to the tail and 12 1 cm high. Like its companions, its fur was scarred by the "white horse". Judging from the process of hunting this man-eating lion, the lion is not only fierce and cruel, but also extremely vital. He didn't die after being shot at close range by a heavy double-barreled shotgun behind him, but he could hunt again ten days later. In the final battle, the seriously injured lion was hit four times in a row, but it could still hurt people violently. Hunting lions is still so dangerous for hunters with powerful modern guns. Those ancient people who fought lions with primitive cold weapons in order to survive can imagine the hardships of their lives. However, the ancients were not intimidated by these beasts. In the ancient warrior empire, their nobles and warriors often showed their courage and showed off their imperial power by fighting with lions. In archaeological excavations, people discovered the ruins of King Assubani Bart's palace 3000 years ago. The wall of the palace is decorated with the famous relief "Map of Royal Hunt", which reproduces the scene of Assyrian warriors hunting lions. Armed with short swords or spears, these soldiers confronted lions head-on at close range, and the thrills were unimaginable to modern people. It can be seen that the strength and fearless spirit of the ancients are far superior to those of modern people. 1900 on March 3, the Observer wrote in an article entitled "The Lion Blocking the Railway": "... If all the stories about lions from the Kingdom of Assyria to the end of 19 are collected and compared, it will be found that whether they are tragic, vicious, cruel or simply contemptuous (whether they are armed or unarmed, white or Because these beasts don't even care about fire (fire has long been regarded as the main weapon against carnivorous invaders). " It can be seen that Chavo's lion-eating incident prompted people to reflect on how they survived in an era when human beings were not the masters of all things and were always subject to fierce beasts. People sincerely lament the great course of human ancestors' survival and continuous development from the sinister natural environment. 1924 Patterson sold the carpet made of lion skin to the Field Museum in Chicago for $5,000. Two man-eating lions were made into specimens and used for permanent display together with the original skull. The news that two man-eating lions were all destroyed soon spread all over the railway site, and people were finally freed from the torture of fear. Those workers who escaped also came back one after another, and the project continued. Indian workers made a beautiful silver plate to express their gratitude to Lieutenant Colonel Patterson. A long poem is engraved in Hindi on the silver plate, praising the firmness and courage of Lieutenant Colonel Patterson. The lion-eating incident has had a wide influence in all walks of life in Britain. Prime Minister Saul Belize once specifically proposed to discuss it in the House of Lords. In his speech on the difficulties encountered in the construction of the East African railway in Congress, he said: "The whole project has been delayed for three weeks, because a group of man-eating lions have unfortunately developed an appetite for the workers, and unless there is iron ditch protection, the workers are unwilling to continue working. In this case, the railway project will certainly be difficult to continue, and our progress will be seriously hindered until we find a passionate hunter to solve these lions. " The ferocity of the man-eating lion on the railway construction site can make the prime minister of the British Empire, the world hegemon, worry. He defeated countless powerful opponents and almost conquered the empire that never fell all over the world. In fact, the Prime Minister personally convened a hunter who could destroy the man-eating lion. It can be seen how serious the harm caused by lions was in Africa at that time. However,/kloc-For more than 0/00 years, lions have been completely defeated in the competition with human beings. Asian lions are on the verge of extinction, and only a few hundred live in India's narrow Gil National Park. The giant Babalj lion and horned lion are extinct. Forty years ago, there were 200,000 lions in Africa, but now there are less than 20,000 lions, and the number is still decreasing. The fate of the king of beasts seems to be following the tragic footsteps of tigers. In order to protect lions, countries have not only introduced various protection measures, but also shouted many sensational slogans condemning human selfishness and greed. Some experts even advocate that lions don't eat people. They say that humans are not in the diet of lions, and only those lions who are too old to hunt will eat people when they are desperate. For tens of thousands of years, lions walked with human beings and struggled all the way, and human beings finally won. Natural selection, survival of the fittest, the victory of mankind is the result of natural selection, and it is heaven rather than heaven. As the soul of all things, highly civilized human beings should of course have a broad mind and a compassionate heart. People should pay attention to the living conditions of other life, care about the defeated opponent, the lion, and provide them with a certain living space. This is not only to protect biodiversity, but also for the future of mankind. People should do more public welfare propaganda for this, but this kind of propaganda should be based on facts and logic, and should not make up lies that lions don't eat people. Lions are carnivorous beasts, and hunting is their instinct. How can humans, the easiest prey to catch, not appear in the diet of lions? Chavo's tragedy proves that saying that lions don't eat people is an insult to human wisdom, a disregard for facts and a forgetfulness of history. When people call for the protection of lions emotionally, we should be even more grateful that we didn't live in the era when man-eating lions were rampant!