For anyone who hasn't seen 'The Ghost and the Darkness', I'd highly recommend it. These Lions are said to have killed upwards of 200 people over the span of the railroad being built.. The theory is that one of the Lions had soft teeth, which could be attributed to it being in captivity, and the other had some kind of fracture in it's leg (I believe) which made it painful to hunt.. These disadvantages both Lions had are considered to be the reason they tag teamed up together and went to town on those workers in 1898. Incredible story.
Male lions(I'm assuming that's what you meant given pride hunting is basic lion knowledge) absolutely hunt in pairs. There are literally hundreds of written, spoken and video taped accounts of such occasions. It is most common when male bachelors are kicked from their parent pride. They learn to hunt together and kill large game in order to survive. There is even a term for a group of males it's called a coalition.
Fun Fact: The Male Lions of Tsavo did not have manes as a genetic adaptation to their environment. Compared to Savannah Maasai Lions, Tsavo Lions lived in the Tsavo region of Kenya which has dense thorny thicket which would mean tangled manes in the bushes during movement.
I read an account from a man that hunted/was hunted by the Lions of Tsavo. He said that as long as you could hear them roaring you were still safe. The roaring would grow louder the closer the lions got but once the roaring stopped it meant they were inside the camp with you and were stalking you.
@@Julia-uh4li hell yeah! He said that they'd literally sneak into the hunting camp and drag sleeping men from their tents off into the night. Only thing the hunters could do was listen to the screaming and go look for them the next morning. Fuuuuck that!
One of the most terrifying nights of my life was spent alone in a small round bamboo hut in the Timbavati, near Kruger National Park, no electricity or wi-Fi. I was getting ready for bed; had just lit an oil lamp and was arranging my mosquito nets, when a lion bellowed out a roar to the right of me. I froze. It was pitch black outside and my Dutch door on the bamboo hut was missing it’s top portion and had only a scrap of fabric blowing in the breeze in it’s place. Whatever was outside could see through the gaps in the bamboo that made up the walls of my hut. I glanced around the hut for something to use as a weapon; there was only a small fire extinguisher. There was no room to hide under the bed; it was filled in with a concreate block to keep out snakes and scorpions! Suddenly two more bellowing roars came from my left; they literally shook my bones! That was the one time in my life where I nearly fainted from fear. Being a cat owner, I knew that movement would attract their attention, so I stayed frozen with the lamp in my hand, staring out in the darkness as that scrap of fabric blew open and closed, all the while thinking “Ghost in the darkness, GHOST IN THE DARKNESS!!!” I could both feel and here the massive felines circling the hut. After about 20 minutes, I saw a lantern in the distance. The camp owner was approaching with two guests. “Lions!” I choked out to them “LIONS!!!” He called out to me “Not to worry! They always sound closer than they really are!!” In the morning I stepped outside, looked down at the sandy soil surrounding my hut, and saw ring upon ring of MASSIVE lion paw prints!! We spent the day with out tracker following them. We found two huge and healthy males near dusk. The third we found after nightfall; the biggest lioness I’ve ever seen! Her face was covered in blood and she appeared to be eating a baboon. They said that she was the pride matriarch. I felt very grateful that she haven’t been hungrier 24 hours earlier!
@@omarx2449 I do love going on safari! Not knowing if you’ll get eaten or not is part of the thrill, I guess. I don’t think that I’ll be staying in a bamboo hut with half a door and no weapons again in the future, though.
Except it's not even close to accurate. I love the movie, but Michael Douglas character "Remington" was not a real person. Written entirely for the movie. If you want to get the true story read Col. Patterson's book "The Man Eaters of Tsavo. It's all about his adventures in Africa.
@@Universalfilmer Just guessing, they may say that because he has admitted to “just reading the headlines” several times, and a few of those times he said it because the “information” within turned out to be disproven (usually by King Jamie)
Jim Corbett, a Brit who grew up in Northern India and worked for the railway, hunted man-eating leopards and tigers. He wrote about this in several collections. "The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag" was an amazing story. Patterson's book, Man-Eaters of Tsavo was dull as dirt.
There's a steep learning curve to hunting Tigers..Corbett barely survived his first mistakes and at one point had to take a vacation for his nerves ( PTSD) .
kenyan checking in, the tsavo man eaters are a legendary part of our history. do visit kenya/Afrika if you ever get the chance, you will not regret it. trust me karibuni Kenya!
Jambo! I actually almost went to Kenya, but due to scheduling issues, I switched to Tanzania to catch the Great Migration. Still amazing, and would love to visit Kenya too someday. I even did a school report on Kenya as a kid.
I'm from Kenya and there's a literal town called Man Eaters on the Nairobi - Mombasa highway. Most of the victims were Indian railway workers brought to Kenya by British colonialists at the end of the 19th century.
@@martinmurage780why? That is what happens all over the world. They ban killing predators and the deer and other populations get too high. Then they allow hunting predator animals but with restrictions.
I like Joes curiosity and seeing him process information. He will quote the reasons for the no mane for sure in conversations. The dudes great at interviews.
As a Taita Taveta resident, Tsavo is within my county (Taita Taveta County). I have been there probably 100 times. The current lions have manes. We have a placed called Man-eaters within the county. There were around five Chinese individuals killed by lions there while constructing the SGR. I am yet to encounter one without a mane.
The area of Tsavo is very hot, the Lions evolved to not need a mane. This is actually why they were able to break through the defences of the railroad workers they were hunting. A regular male lions mane would have gotten stuck in some sort of wiring and thorns. These guys could just force their way through.
lol what a fkin nonsense. you need to know how dna or evolving works. another thing: is this place so special and temperatures are so different than 500km away? lol
Lions also lose their manes when under extreme duress and injury. I believe one of the lions had some mouth issues, and the other one wasnt in great health either. It's likely a combo of the two, because most "maneless" lions have very very small manes, sometimes just whisps.
@@Meowmeow0506Yep, there was a male from the Ngorongoro crater that that lost his luxurious mane from stress. It grew back but it never got as thick again.
@@calvinm1866 That’s super interesting but also makes sense to my dumb human brain.. I mean, how many people have we all known who lose hair due to stress?
I read the book by John Henry Patterson. The Tsavo man eaters were a very small portion of it. Reading about it was dry in spots, but incredible in others.
The lions were much bigger in real life but the skins had been turned into rugs before being made into a museum display so there had been a lot of trimming.
I’m more interested in hearing about things that matter….. like you know….. how our country is in danger. Talks like this are just unnecessary. It’s just being blinded in chaos.
@@Eric-nn9xf it's far more interesting hearing random stories like these, if you wanna keep up with what's going on in this country then watch the news
"Bob Gymlan" and "History Buffs'" both have really good videos breaking down the Tsavo Lions incident, as well as the Ghost and the Darkness film based on it. Gonna go watch them again now, but thought I'd mention it in the comments in case anyone unfamiliar may be interested in learning more while on CZcams. ✌️
I saw those lions taxidermized in Chicago at the museum of science and industry when I was a little kid on a field trip. My teacher said they had man eating lions there. So my little kid brain thought they were still alive and would be feed people to eat. So I wanted to see that. then we got to the exhibit and it was just two stuffed lions.
@@Mentally_Will Some people deadass dedicate their life to a manmade story and book and dedicate their whole life to it, and also kill people in honour of that book.
Thank you man I’ve gotten so much off of watching your show that you could never learned at school I’m laughing but schools are fantastic I’m just saying you don’t play to anybody else on the planet earth that is so incredible about you I just don’t know how they have kept you from getting shut down and I appreciate it and so does the public they just don’t know it yet
No Mane causes: - Low testosterone - High heat in the area - Neutered - Damage to testicles from fights or thrones plants So a toothache and no nuts. Id be pissed too😢
Actually most Tsavo Lions don’t have names because the massive amount thorn bushes in Tsavo make it impractical as it would be getting caught everywhere. And Tsavo lions have more testosterone than other male lions.
What you're saying is 100% true, we ran a hunting lodge and the meat is given to the community which feeds them for so long and also curbs the poaching slightly. Those communities poach due to hunger not for money, they just plant snares everywhere and eat whatever they catch
@scotttillman01 not quite as simple as you've put it. This is the African Bush, chickens have a million preditors. You'll raise chickens to feed to snakes lol even their cows get hunted by lions at night so no, not a viable solution.
@@scotttillman01 And then they need feed for the chickens, which requires more water and another food source, plus fertile ground. Not to mention your probably introduce a non-native species to that area and are attracting predators to your coup and camp.
@@scotttillman01chickens would more than likely get eaten by all tbe big cats, hyenas, honey badgers, wild dogs, snakes, etc. You would have to build a high value security system to keep them out. It would be costly and you would have to have a team pull constant watch on the chickens.
Considering this happened after the Industrial Revolution, you could only imagine the eras before that, before guns and modern technology. This was probably happening all the time across the continent.
Joe really needs to invite Kevin Richardson "The Lion Whisperer" on his podcast. He is the worlds leading authority on lion behavior and has a sanctuary of his own lions. There's so many myths about lions that people don't understand that only Kevin could logically answer.
@selwinstulah3654 not wrong. The first two lions that Kevin Richardson took in were a pair of females (who were sisters). One of them did start to grow a mane. So they had a look at her hormone levels. And she is being studied. This was only in the last two or three years, so you can catch it on his more recent videos. I believe it was Meg.
Cats can get weird morphism as they can sometimes end up genetically constricted, and affected by habitat. This happened on piece of land in Duba, Botswana, cut off by a river. the prides of lions there ended up turning into giants over a few generations. They're considered a subspecies now.
Holy shit! Tony woods! My first real laugh from childhood on def jam. Cop with tha little arm! Thanks Tony! You are a pillar for why I started stand up
So weird in Ethiopia and Somalia the lions are afraid of humans but in Tanzania and Kenya they view them as prey 😂 Bantu expansion hasn't worked out well for some
The lion pair killed far more than 135 people...135 was the original estimate at the time. It is now estimated that the pair (Tinu and Koba) killed AT LEAST 1,300 people in which many were children.
That's probably alot more accurate there's not much meat on skinny human railway workers, they'd have to eat alot more than 135 if humans were primarily their food source
I'm baffled how come no one hunted them? I mean our cavemen ancestors survived much worse, and hunted them to extinction! you'd think after maybe the 10s-20s victims, a hunt party, or army would go after them
@@memmudmemmed3022 Because the victims were poor and destitute railway workers from India. They had no knowledge of African wild life let alone how to hunt its one of its apex predators. The only reason it got called in is because TOO many people had died it was starting to interfere with the construction.
@@kingjamestreshave you not seen The Jungle Book? India has Tigers, Panthers, Rock Pythons, and other dangerous animals. Of course they are familiar with hunting large predators.
How scary would it be for those railroad workers knowing the lions had become maneaters. Apparently, they only came out at night, and were the lean and hungry type.
One of the other things about the Man Eaters of Tsavo was that in that part of the world you still had a slave trade prior to the railroad being built in thst area. So if the slaves became injured or ill they would be toss to the wild which is how historians figured the lions started to acquire the taste for humans because yes it was an easier meal. The reason for lions in that part of the world not having large manes I want to say has to do with either the amount of testosterone or some other hormone being very high. While other stories of monstrous animals killing large numbers of people are hard to prove let alone believe, this is one case where fact and legend aren't that far off.
Their bodies are in the field museum, Chicago, Illinois USA. I live by it and it’s so cool to hear someone else talk about it! One night they had a story time about it. Go meet the lions!
I've been to Nova Scotia and I've interrupted a huge male lynx that was hunting turkeys in the trees and the sound it made was something I've never heard until then, and next I heard a huge crashing sound through the trees which was all of the sleeping turkeys taking off
Dude I didn't know this guy was still around. His comedy central special 20 some odd years ago was hilarious. Especially the little red riding hood bit and talking about squirrels having no confidence.
Search Man Eating Lions for the documentary about these two lions. It’s a very well detailed hour long documentary that will have you glued to your phone
Not sure where he got Kurt Douglas from 😂 But. The Ghost and the Darkness, is one my favourite movies that many have never seen.. True story. Val Kilmer & 'Michael Douglas' were an awesome combination.. 👍
For anyone who hasn't seen 'The Ghost and the Darkness', I'd highly recommend it. These Lions are said to have killed upwards of 200 people over the span of the railroad being built..
The theory is that one of the Lions had soft teeth, which could be attributed to it being in captivity, and the other had some kind of fracture in it's leg (I believe) which made it painful to hunt.. These disadvantages both Lions had are considered to be the reason they tag teamed up together and went to town on those workers in 1898. Incredible story.
That movie is why I won’t sleep in tents lol
May have killed 135 people.
Male lions(I'm assuming that's what you meant given pride hunting is basic lion knowledge) absolutely hunt in pairs. There are literally hundreds of written, spoken and video taped accounts of such occasions. It is most common when male bachelors are kicked from their parent pride. They learn to hunt together and kill large game in order to survive. There is even a term for a group of males it's called a coalition.
I may have seen it and forgotten it. But it was Michael Douglas, not Kirk
Underrated movie. Very beautiful visually. the scene when the lion gets the wife and baby never forget that one.
If you didn’t come from tiktok raise your hand 🤚🏽
Jamie did Joe dirty with that CZcams thumbnail pic 😂😂
Joe looks toasted AF
Tiktok is chinese spyware and evil
I didn’t.
Refuse to download a Chinese owned App
Raise ✋✋✋
Fun Fact: The Male Lions of Tsavo did not have manes as a genetic adaptation to their environment. Compared to Savannah Maasai Lions, Tsavo Lions lived in the Tsavo region of Kenya which has dense thorny thicket which would mean tangled manes in the bushes during movement.
Not beacuse of that, because of heat.
@@stevem2323 nope
@@lennarthagen3638 Yes.
@@stevem2323 nah
@@lennarthagen3638 yep, excessive heat definitely has that impact too.
I read an account from a man that hunted/was hunted by the Lions of Tsavo. He said that as long as you could hear them roaring you were still safe. The roaring would grow louder the closer the lions got but once the roaring stopped it meant they were inside the camp with you and were stalking you.
Yep, I totally believe that. I'd be scared shitless if I were there!
@@Julia-uh4li hell yeah! He said that they'd literally sneak into the hunting camp and drag sleeping men from their tents off into the night. Only thing the hunters could do was listen to the screaming and go look for them the next morning. Fuuuuck that!
A lion hates the sound of a baboon
@@user-dc1dr9kr8x ok.
yikes
I grew up watching The Ghost & the Darkness. Great film.
that film is a masterpiece
I watch it often. Great movie
You grew up in 2 hrs???
One of the most terrifying nights of my life was spent alone in a small round bamboo hut in the Timbavati, near Kruger National Park, no electricity or wi-Fi. I was getting ready for bed; had just lit an oil lamp and was arranging my mosquito nets, when a lion bellowed out a roar to the right of me. I froze. It was pitch black outside and my Dutch door on the bamboo hut was missing it’s top portion and had only a scrap of fabric blowing in the breeze in it’s place. Whatever was outside could see through the gaps in the bamboo that made up the walls of my hut. I glanced around the hut for something to use as a weapon; there was only a small fire extinguisher. There was no room to hide under the bed; it was filled in with a concreate block to keep out snakes and scorpions! Suddenly two more bellowing roars came from my left; they literally shook my bones! That was the one time in my life where I nearly fainted from fear.
Being a cat owner, I knew that movement would attract their attention, so I stayed frozen with the lamp in my hand, staring out in the darkness as that scrap of fabric blew open and closed, all the while thinking “Ghost in the darkness, GHOST IN THE DARKNESS!!!” I could both feel and here the massive felines circling the hut. After about 20 minutes, I saw a lantern in the distance. The camp owner was approaching with two guests. “Lions!” I choked out to them “LIONS!!!” He called out to me “Not to worry! They always sound closer than they really are!!”
In the morning I stepped outside, looked down at the sandy soil surrounding my hut, and saw ring upon ring of MASSIVE lion paw prints!!
We spent the day with out tracker following them. We found two huge and healthy males near dusk. The third we found after nightfall; the biggest lioness I’ve ever seen! Her face was covered in blood and she appeared to be eating a baboon. They said that she was the pride matriarch. I felt very grateful that she haven’t been hungrier 24 hours earlier!
You should do this more often. Sounds like a great time.
@@omarx2449 I do love going on safari! Not knowing if you’ll get eaten or not is part of the thrill, I guess. I don’t think that I’ll be staying in a bamboo hut with half a door and no weapons again in the future, though.
That sounds terrifying! No Wi-Fi?
I'll pass 😂
Wow tht is crazy and u survived tht?!?!? I woukd have passed out. You are definitely here for a reason!
The Ghost and the Darkness is one of my favs!! They remind you at the beginning of the movie that all aspects of the movie is true.
Except it's not even close to accurate. I love the movie, but Michael Douglas character "Remington" was not a real person. Written entirely for the movie. If you want to get the true story read Col. Patterson's book "The Man Eaters of Tsavo. It's all about his adventures in Africa.
That's what I like most about Joe. His constant thirst for knowledge beyond the subject of conversation.
He’s very gullible though...With all his goofy conspiracy theories !
Rogan doesn't know anything past the surface level.
@@JohnSmith-yd5wq id like to ask about what made you say that
@@Universalfilmer Just guessing, they may say that because he has admitted to “just reading the headlines” several times, and a few of those times he said it because the “information” within turned out to be disproven (usually by King Jamie)
@@JohnSmith-yd5wq "Rogan doesn't know anything past the surface level." -- He knows MMA, comedy and hunting. 1
Jim Corbett, a Brit who grew up in Northern India and worked for the railway, hunted man-eating leopards and tigers. He wrote about this in several collections. "The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag" was an amazing story. Patterson's book, Man-Eaters of Tsavo was dull as dirt.
There's a steep learning curve to hunting Tigers..Corbett barely survived his first mistakes and at one point had to take a vacation for his nerves ( PTSD) .
Jim was an amazing man and submerged himself in nature. Maneaters of kumon was his best book imo. Most became maneaters because of injuries or old age
Watch Bob Gymlams video on the tsavo man-eaters it's really interesting
My grandfather used to tell me stories about this. I'm from Kenya, where we have the Tsavo.
Clip is a great example of JRE. Funny and you learn something you never knew you wanted to know.
yea tell his Friend to hunt them lions with spear instead of a Long Range Rifle
But is it true? Fact checked?
kenyan checking in, the tsavo man eaters are a legendary part of our history. do visit kenya/Afrika if you ever get the chance, you will not regret it. trust me
karibuni Kenya!
Jambo! I actually almost went to Kenya, but due to scheduling issues, I switched to Tanzania to catch the Great Migration. Still amazing, and would love to visit Kenya too someday. I even did a school report on Kenya as a kid.
I'm from Kenya and there's a literal town called Man Eaters on the Nairobi - Mombasa highway.
Most of the victims were Indian railway workers brought to Kenya by British colonialists at the end of the 19th century.
Would you agree that there's more wild game now tho? I disagree with that statement
Bro, we brits get blamed for everything 😂😂
What town was Obama born in ?
@@martinmurage780why? That is what happens all over the world. They ban killing predators and the deer and other populations get too high. Then they allow hunting predator animals but with restrictions.
@@roblaurance2023 Well most things are your fault.
I like Joes curiosity and seeing him process information. He will quote the reasons for the no mane for sure in conversations. The dudes great at interviews.
Ghost and the Darkness is a badass movie glad to see it getting some recognition.
Joe is always so ready to learn something new, forever student.
As a Taita Taveta resident, Tsavo is within my county (Taita Taveta County). I have been there probably 100 times. The current lions have manes. We have a placed called Man-eaters within the county. There were around five Chinese individuals killed by lions there while constructing the SGR. I am yet to encounter one without a mane.
Alaa kwani zilirudi
@@genekendrick679maybe zinaangalia rangi
chinese invaders got eaten by lions cool?
Sasawa kaka,
Mnachoma bana
Great movie I watched when I was a kid man why can't they make movies like they used to
The area of Tsavo is very hot, the Lions evolved to not need a mane. This is actually why they were able to break through the defences of the railroad workers they were hunting. A regular male lions mane would have gotten stuck in some sort of wiring and thorns. These guys could just force their way through.
lol what a fkin nonsense.
you need to know how dna or evolving works.
another thing: is this place so special and temperatures are so different than 500km away? lol
I thought they were juvenile lions ousted from pride. Interesting
Lions also lose their manes when under extreme duress and injury. I believe one of the lions had some mouth issues, and the other one wasnt in great health either.
It's likely a combo of the two, because most "maneless" lions have very very small manes, sometimes just whisps.
@@Meowmeow0506Yep, there was a male from the Ngorongoro crater that that lost his luxurious mane from stress. It grew back but it never got as thick again.
@@calvinm1866 That’s super interesting but also makes sense to my dumb human brain.. I mean, how many people have we all known who lose hair due to stress?
I read the book by John Henry Patterson. The Tsavo man eaters were a very small portion of it. Reading about it was dry in spots, but incredible in others.
Try reading Man-Eaters of Kumaon by Jim Corbett... Similar topics but Corbett is a much better writer in my opinion.
The lions were much bigger in real life but the skins had been turned into rugs before being made into a museum display so there had been a lot of trimming.
The Ghost and the Darkness is one of my favorite movies.
Loved that movie as a kid.
i remember watching "A Ghost and The Darkness" as a kid and it gave me nightmares for weeks.
You know its gonna be a good JRE podcast when they talk about Animals or Dmt
And/or UFO's
I’m more interested in hearing about things that matter….. like you know….. how our country is in danger. Talks like this are just unnecessary. It’s just being blinded in chaos.
@@Eric-nn9xf it's far more interesting hearing random stories like these, if you wanna keep up with what's going on in this country then watch the news
Why did u copy and paste this comment
@@randomhiphop5055 do you think it would be difficult to type out that sentence? Sorry you can't spell homie
great interview! Thank you
"Bob Gymlan" and "History Buffs'" both have really good videos breaking down the Tsavo Lions incident, as well as the Ghost and the Darkness film based on it. Gonna go watch them again now, but thought I'd mention it in the comments in case anyone unfamiliar may be interested in learning more while on CZcams. ✌️
Bob Gymlan rocks
Yes I was just commenting about the bob gymlan documentary. It’s unbelievable
Tsavo west and east are nice venues for wildlife
I saw those lions taxidermized in Chicago at the museum of science and industry when I was a little kid on a field trip. My teacher said they had man eating lions there. So my little kid brain thought they were still alive and would be feed people to eat. So I wanted to see that. then we got to the exhibit and it was just two stuffed lions.
Field Museum of Natural History
@@toddcannon3942 yup. The field museum is what you meant
My dad and I looked them up after we saw the movie and I was disappointed. I heard the skins weren't taken care of and they also shrank.
Apparently some people deadass think the taxidermied lions are haunted
@@Mentally_Will Some people deadass dedicate their life to a manmade story and book and dedicate their whole life to it, and also kill people in honour of that book.
"The ghost and the darkness"
Great movie.
This is a certified hood classic already
There’s an old tale that says these two lions where shamans that turned into lions that did not want the railway built
Ghost and the Darkness was a great movie about this case
The ghost and darkness was a great movie. I loved that movie
One of my favorite movies
The book "The Man Eaters of Tsavo" is a great read, albeit sad. True story.
It's brilliant. Highly recommend
Yeah, I read the journal written by the guy who killed the lions. It is the wildest, most horrific story. It made me scared to go outside at night.
Thank you man I’ve gotten so much off of watching your show that you could never learned at school I’m laughing but schools are fantastic I’m just saying you don’t play to anybody else on the planet earth that is so incredible about you I just don’t know how they have kept you from getting shut down and I appreciate it and so does the public they just don’t know it yet
The Ghost and The Darkness is a great movie. One of my favorite killer animal movies and both Val Kilmer & Mike Douglas are awesome in it!
No Mane causes:
- Low testosterone
- High heat in the area
- Neutered
- Damage to testicles from fights or thrones plants
So a toothache and no nuts. Id be pissed too😢
😂😂😂
Actually most Tsavo Lions don’t have names because the massive amount thorn bushes in Tsavo make it impractical as it would be getting caught everywhere. And Tsavo lions have more testosterone than other male lions.
The movie 'The ghost and darkness' is based on tsavo lions
"Maneaters of Tsavo".
Loved the movie... once visited the site of the railroad...
If you're in Chicago, stopping by the museum to see these lions is worth it
What you're saying is 100% true, we ran a hunting lodge and the meat is given to the community which feeds them for so long and also curbs the poaching slightly. Those communities poach due to hunger not for money, they just plant snares everywhere and eat whatever they catch
You should have taught them to raise chickens
@scotttillman01 not quite as simple as you've put it. This is the African Bush, chickens have a million preditors. You'll raise chickens to feed to snakes lol even their cows get hunted by lions at night so no, not a viable solution.
@@scotttillman01 And then they need feed for the chickens, which requires more water and another food source, plus fertile ground. Not to mention your probably introduce a non-native species to that area and are attracting predators to your coup and camp.
@@scotttillman01chickens would more than likely get eaten by all tbe big cats, hyenas, honey badgers, wild dogs, snakes, etc. You would have to build a high value security system to keep them out. It would be costly and you would have to have a team pull constant watch on the chickens.
@@quincyjackson7855you mean a fence?
Let's goooo with that hitter Joe!!
Imagine basing your personality on theo von? Lmaooooo
My favorite topics on JRE
Watched the ghost in the darkness with my dad as a kid, what a movie!
The scene in the movie where the lion fell in the trap and no one could land a shot, was “actually” true 😮
Considering this happened after the Industrial Revolution, you could only imagine the eras before that, before guns and modern technology. This was probably happening all the time across the continent.
I love the way this guy tells stories so much 🤣
Tony Woods is hilarious.. One of my fav comedians..
Never heard of the TSAVO story. My favorite part about the JRE podcast is learning something new.
Joe really needs to invite Kevin Richardson "The Lion Whisperer" on his podcast. He is the worlds leading authority on lion behavior and has a sanctuary of his own lions. There's so many myths about lions that people don't understand that only Kevin could logically answer.
Male lions can be maneless and lionesses can be maned, it's not super common but has be studied.
It's all about how the climate shapes the beast
Wrong
@selwinstulah3654 not wrong. The first two lions that Kevin Richardson took in were a pair of females (who were sisters). One of them did start to grow a mane. So they had a look at her hormone levels. And she is being studied. This was only in the last two or three years, so you can catch it on his more recent videos. I believe it was Meg.
Cats can get weird morphism as they can sometimes end up genetically constricted, and affected by habitat. This happened on piece of land in Duba, Botswana, cut off by a river. the prides of lions there ended up turning into giants over a few generations. They're considered a subspecies now.
Just watched it! Good movie!
Holy shit! Tony woods! My first real laugh from childhood on def jam. Cop with tha little arm! Thanks Tony! You are a pillar for why I started stand up
135 people, those lions are doing numbers out there
So weird in Ethiopia and Somalia the lions are afraid of humans but in Tanzania and Kenya they view them as prey 😂
Bantu expansion hasn't worked out well for some
Loved the film
"They're wearing shoes."
That got me
The lion pair killed far more than 135 people...135 was the original estimate at the time. It is now estimated that the pair (Tinu and Koba) killed AT LEAST 1,300 people in which many were children.
That's probably alot more accurate there's not much meat on skinny human railway workers, they'd have to eat alot more than 135 if humans were primarily their food source
I'm baffled how come no one hunted them? I mean our cavemen ancestors survived much worse, and hunted them to extinction! you'd think after maybe the 10s-20s victims, a hunt party, or army would go after them
@@memmudmemmed3022 "It won't happen to me" syndrome.
@@memmudmemmed3022 Because the victims were poor and destitute railway workers from India. They had no knowledge of African wild life let alone how to hunt its one of its apex predators. The only reason it got called in is because TOO many people had died it was starting to interfere with the construction.
@@kingjamestreshave you not seen The Jungle Book? India has Tigers, Panthers, Rock Pythons, and other dangerous animals. Of course they are familiar with hunting large predators.
How scary would it be for those railroad workers knowing the lions had become maneaters. Apparently, they only came out at night, and were the lean and hungry type.
😅 I am sad to say that I'm old enough to remember that
This is the type of content I like from joe. Just casual conversation outside of politics.
This is great marketing for Kenya 🇰🇪 and East Africa in gen. Appreciated!
Time to hunt them back. Never been into fur clothing but i can get into it
One of the other things about the Man Eaters of Tsavo was that in that part of the world you still had a slave trade prior to the railroad being built in thst area. So if the slaves became injured or ill they would be toss to the wild which is how historians figured the lions started to acquire the taste for humans because yes it was an easier meal. The reason for lions in that part of the world not having large manes I want to say has to do with either the amount of testosterone or some other hormone being very high. While other stories of monstrous animals killing large numbers of people are hard to prove let alone believe, this is one case where fact and legend aren't that far off.
You are 100% correct! The slave trade is a very underlooked aspect of what happened in Tsavo.
Their bodies are in the field museum, Chicago, Illinois USA. I live by it and it’s so cool to hear someone else talk about it! One night they had a story time about it. Go meet the lions!
Does it make question how it came to be that a piece of Kenyan history is in an American museum? I am from 🇰🇪
Such a good movie
#TRUMP2024
And yet Trump was one of the best presidents we've had of this modern era.
BALLOT HARVEST FOR TRUMP 2024
really great movie
Bob Gymlan has the BEST video on this incident!
If y’all have never seen Tony Woods stand up, highlyyyyy suggest starting with his Def Comedy set 🤣😂🤣 CLASSIC!
The Ghost And the the Darkness was a great film about the man eaters.
I was waiting for Joe to talk about the lions of Tsavo!
you can visit the pair still at the Museum of Natural History in Chicago Ill. Impressive pair
I recommend everyone to watch bib gymlan’s retelling of this story, probably the scariest story I’ve ever seen
michael Douglas was perfect for that film...couldn't see anyone else playing it
Tony woods is a hilarious comedian. dnt take my word, watch his work
The movie based on this event 'The Ghost and the Darkness" with Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas is an amazing movie. Very highly recommend it!
One of my favorite stories of Africa vs. Man
I'll lay it down for ya. I watched the ghost and the darkness, religiously as a kid!!!
Shout out to my backyard always with the animal stories 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪
joe talking about predatory animals is when hes most excited
Ghost and the darkness still holds Good movie
I've been to Nova Scotia and I've interrupted a huge male lynx that was hunting turkeys in the trees and the sound it made was something I've never heard until then, and next I heard a huge crashing sound through the trees which was all of the sleeping turkeys taking off
If you can do it, I strongly recommend it 😊 it's an unforgettable experience hunting in Africa
The Ghost and the Darkness, one of Val Kilmer's best movies. Apart from Tombstone and Topgun
Bob gymlan does a great video retelling this story.
Dude I didn't know this guy was still around. His comedy central special 20 some odd years ago was hilarious. Especially the little red riding hood bit and talking about squirrels having no confidence.
That is crazy...
Tony Woods’s a Legend in Comedy
Do your homework🫡
Crazy
Search Man Eating Lions for the documentary about these two lions. It’s a very well detailed hour long documentary that will have you glued to your phone
Not sure where he got Kurt Douglas from 😂 But. The Ghost and the Darkness, is one my favourite movies that many have never seen.. True story. Val Kilmer & 'Michael Douglas' were an awesome combination.. 👍
Love from Sierra Leone #MastermindJas
If you go to the field museum in Chicago you can get so much information on them and they are also taxidermy there
Joe Rogan talking about animals cracks me up.
"The Ghost and the Darkness" is an excellent movie about this.
"So that's why they were rockin' bald heads" LOL 4:22
Ghost and the darkness is one of the best movies