The lion eats tonight.

PositionAfrica - Relationship between lion attacks and lunar phases - Brief article

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Human becomes werewolf during a full moon-that's legend. Human becomes dinner after a full moon-that's fact. After studying records of 500 lion attacks on villagers in Tanzania over 20 years, scientists found that the risk of being eaten is greatest on the nights just after a full moon. Why? The darker it is, the better lions do at hunting: On the nights leading up to a full moon, as the moon gets bigger and brighter, it gets harder for lions to...

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