Animals that have eaten humans
Crocodiles
Estuarine crocoldiles are the most prolific man-eaters on earth ,killing approximately 2000 people an year .On the night of Feb 19 1945 ......they were responsible for the most devastating animal attack on human beings in recorded history. British troops had trapped 1000 Japanese infantry men , many of whom were wounded in the swampy areas in the Bay of Bengal. The noise of gunfire and smell of blood had attracted hundreds of crocodiles and by evening......the British could hear terrible screams. The following morning.......only 20 Japanese were found alive !!
Giant Squid
The Giant Squid is the most highly developed of the invertibrates. Its eyes are almost exact replicas of human eyes. It has 10 arms ,and its body can reach upto 65 feet in length. Often confused with the Octopus, the Giant Squid is a carnivorous predater. One notable incident occured on March 25 1941 ,when the British ship Britannia sank in the Atlantic Ocean .As a dozen survivers clunged to their lifeboats , a Giant Squid reached its arm around the body of a man and pulled him below.
Male Squid sometimes eat the female after mating !!
Leapords
Considered one of the most animals to hunt.....the leapord is quick and stealthy and is seldom observed. In the central provinces of India, leapords have been known to invade native huts to find their prey. One ......known as 'Panawar man-eater' is reputed to have killed 400 people. It was shot in 1910 by Jim Corbett ,who also bested the 'Champawat man-eating tigress' which had killed around 438 people in the Himalayas in Nepal between 1903-1911.
Sharks
Of the 200-250 species of shark .....only 18 are known to be dangerous to humans. The most notable are the 'great white', mako , tiger, white-tipped, Ganges river and hammerhead. The best known of all individual 'rogue shark' attacks occured on july 12,1916 . 12 year old Lester Stilwell was swimming in Matawan Creek , N.J., 15 to 20 miles inland ....when he was attacked by 'great white shark'. Both he and his would-be rescuer were killed. In ten days ....four days after the last attack an 8 and half feet 'great white shark' was netted just four miles from the mouth of the Creek.
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