The Man-Eating Lions of Njombe
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2023
- Let's take a look at the man-eating lions that terrorised Njombe for more than ten years.
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Book: The Hunter is Death
by TV Bulpin.
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Carnivore Attacks:
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Lion Attacks Tanzania:
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Lions Attack at night:
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Super Pride:
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Killing for sport:
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Kope lion charity:
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The fence:
www.nature.com/articles/152296b0
Book: The Hunter is Death by T.V Bulpin - Домашні улюбленці та дикі тварини
"Politicians are more dangerous than any man eater"
He ain't wrong
The mention of filed down teeth is essential! It has been previously documented that lions with damaged teeth are forced to pursue prey that is much softer, that they can actually process with their teeth, and almost all parts of people are nice and soft
They were said to have developed a taste for human brains,therefore, some of them must have had their teeth intact to crush the skulls.
So are all calfs of wild prey
@@darkknight1340 I don't think all the lions had their teeth filed
Some might have had filed teeth. That doesn't mean all of them had them.
I'm sure someone was feeding this pride human remains, they were somewhat domesticated. It's like the crocs who live in the rivers where people push their dead out into the water. The crocs eat the remains, realize how easy the meat is to tear and consume, then they are much more likely to pursue it. Wild animals avoiding humans because of perceived danger is a learned behavior, passed down thru generations thanks to evolution. It is just as easy to unlearn this behavior over one or two generations.
Very well narrated. I was born in 1957 at Mtwango village,one among the areas where these man-eaters killed many people. Growing up, the fear was still fresh and palpable to the villager's .
My father who was born in 1936, narrowly escaped these man eater's during his early childhood while on his way to school.
However, these man eater's occasionally killed livestock. It happened to my parternal grandma, as narrated to me by my father.
So you are in your 60s
What I don't understand is how come we have never had any large scale man eaters in Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique Namibia etc. there are as many lions there
Just doesn't make sense to me
@@BonganiMagadu yes I'm
That is a good question, I don't have the answer
@@BonganiMagaduwas a bit different in those countries. There are cases but you have to look at the history of the time. And since those countries were very much occupied by the English and other European countries, they tended to respond more quickly in those countries as it was their own people. So a factor of racism needs to be factored into the equation
@@TheCoolerBob Makes sense
So thankful your father survived! Did you hear any stories of the supernatural side of the situation? I've always found the part spiritual belief played in events fascinating. I would love to know whether the people who lived through that time still believed that men could control the lions, or whether that part of the story faded over the decades.
This story is almost more of a movie script than the lions of Tsavo was. Very fascinating, thanks for telling it
There was actually a movie about these lions, recommend (it's old but still quite nice)
There is a movie starring Michael Douglas!!
The ghost & the darkness I think the film is called Val Kilmer & Michael Douglas
Hell yeah no cap!!!!
Ghost in the darkness
National Geographic better watch it's ass with you making such good videos. The narration and script are extremely well one. Great work my friend.
You are too kind. Thanks pal!
Straight up!
Yes, well done
@@LadyJadiAfina1989 thank you!
I agree! Very well done! 👏🏽
The part where he returns with sweets from England for the little girl to thank her for her help and what happened with her, that's so sad
17:26 That was unexpectedly brilliant in terms of storytelling and editing. Thank your for your efforts in making this. Great content, as always!
The editing was not sufficient - too much extraneous material.
Almost no one talks about this case! Thank you so much for covering it!
Honestly, I'm inclined to believe the timing of Matamula's reinstatement might have been a result of conscious politicking. Reserve the big push to regain his position until _just_ before the last man-eaters were killed, and the community's safety is ascribed to his renewed goodwill.
Satanist pieces of garbage will do anything to gain power
Yeah, the man was smart - that's described in the video. He absolutely knew how to manipulate people and interactions to get the result he wanted. If things hadn't gone his way, he could just as easily have said after the fact that the lions were never under his control. It didn't sound like he ever outright confirmed or denied that.
@@cat_spit 0:36
Well if you had listened better, and discard your european lens, you would have known that he was elected when Smith's replacement came. He probably heard the villagers, and thought if they love him they can have him, not bothering with the background
@@valmirmehmetaj5246 Matamula was deposed for suspected corruption. The video doesn't say whether the colonial government or his own constituents kicked him out, but _does_ mention that the Brits opposed his reinstatement. Smith had to leave and come back several times throughout the story, yet only when the lions are almost defeated does Matamula return. You can't boil it down merely to Smith and his successor; they were administrators, and Smith's staff was clearly aware of the situation. Why am _I_ guilty of regarding this through a European lens by ascribing agency and strategic planning to Matamula, when your explanation boils down to "smart white guy blocks witch doctor politician, dumb white guy lets him pass."
I Stumbled across your channel today while binging on UA-cam this rainy day in Wilmington N.C
I must say I can't stop watching, love your content. Keep it coming please!?
Thanks from a disabled Marine Corps Veteran.
Thanks so much. I really appreciate the support.
What up NC? This ya boy SC!
I had never heard of these lions - thanks for teaching me something new
I had only heard of the Tsavo ones before too! 👍
same, love learning!@@oneoflokis
Good job with your videos. You have a great narration voice and I like the different clips and footage and drawings/artwork and how its edited together. Keep up the great vids. Liked and subscribed. 👍
Thank you very much!
I agree, very good videos!
I LOVE how you obviously did your job looking into pronunciation of names and places.
Rare these days.
Interesting story. I'd never heard this one before. Great job.
Yesss I love your man-eater videos. I’m doing a presentation about man-eating tigers tomorrow inspired by your What Makes a Man Eater video!
I’m autistic and learning about animal attacks on humans is one of my favorite things
Awesome, good luck with your presentation! 😃
@@rebekahanne80 Most of these events are recorded by the participants, some game rangers and elephant hunters, explorers etc wrote about their experiences.
Jim Corbett, Carrington Smith & Anderson (some of his stories don't have official records backing them) in India on tigers. John Hunter, John Alfred Jordan, George Adamson, Robert Foran, Bobby Ionides, Guy Muldoon, John Taylor are some authors whose African experiences would be interesting information direct from the source rather than being repeated with the flaws that result from repetition. Rushby wrote a book including the Njombe incident.
Very different from the Safari hunter author derring do stories, often embellished by the egos rich enough to have their hands held on "canned hunts".
Dude, you are so good at this! I love watching your videos, keep it up! Do more prehistoric topics!!
In the beginning I was so lost ahaha I was like “ofc a tiger is always gonna win because they’re used to fighting by themselves! Why would a lion fight one to one?” But then you elaborated more about lions and their prides. Very educational video! Two thumbs up!
Doesn`t he know that, at any given time, 60-70 % of all tom lions live outside of prides, on their own or in small bachelor groups ? Of course he does. So much for the lion`s supposed inclination to avoid going it alone.
As for the alleged superiority of the tiger over the lion, it is probably true for the Amur, and for the larger specimen of the Bengal variety, as compared to the *average* male lion, but no one in his right mind would be so presumptuous as to claim that *all* tigers, including those of the smaller subspecies of South China, Indochina, Malaysia and the Sonda islands, to be *categorically superior to lions* ; and then, there are, of course, the so-called "giant water lions" of the Okavango the females of which tend to be as huge and muscular as the previously mentioned "average" African tom lion whilst the Okavango males, in terms of size and strength, are, if at all, not far behind the Siberian tiger. Last but not least, the extinct Barbary lion deserves to be mentioned when speaking of limitations to the hypothesis of the tiger`s superiority over the lion: Not only are the Barbary lions, as the model of all lions once roaming the lands around the Mediterranean, assumed to have been as solitary as tigers, leopards or jaguars; they are also said to have been larger than their kinsfolk in East and Southern Africa.
As far as fighting among conspecifics goes, the only wild animal that is really free to engage in it at will is the pride male (or "pasha") lion. Whatever accidentally happens in zoos (or, inevitably, in staged animal fights), is a travesty of natural behaviour, a mockery and twisting of the natural order of things, just like the ultra-violence predominant in prison environments is not even representative of the everyday behaviour of all but the most psychotic criminals outside of prison. With the one exception of lions in sub-Saharan Africa (and the residual population of Asiatic lions in the Gir Forest of India), big cats, including the extinct lion population of North Africa and Southern Europe, are solitary animals which cannot afford to squander their powers over pride issues; because that would mean risking injuries that would inevitably condemn them to starvation.
Since my class 6th, I have been watching and reading hunting stories of Kenneth Anderson and a few of Jim Corbit...yours is available as a video now. Great experience....
AS A TANZANIA I'M HAPPY TO SEE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT MY HOME LAND, I WAS ENROLLED IN THE MILLITARY AND THE TRAINING WAS DONE AT MAFINGA VERY CLOSE TO NJOMBE
Hata mimi nimeka mafinga, iringa. Kwenye lutheran church vocational training center. Nakumbuka wanajeshi wanapita eneo kupiga mazoezi
Wow, you're really impressive at making videos that pull you in and engross you. Stumbled across your channel last night and have been watching your content nonstop since
Wow, thank you!
Excellent! And shooting a charging lion when it's only 30 feet away would be absolutely TERRIFYING!!!
Having done it multiple times I approve this message. Spent alot of time tracking maneaters in Africa India Brazil Guyana etc as a professional hunter as well as the northern united states Maine as well as Canada after man eating polar bears and grizzlies. Not for everyone. I compare it to being on the front lines in combat.
I appreciate youtube finally recomanding me long form informative content instead of under 60 second clips that cause brainrot, intresting watch too i hadnt heard of this story before
Great video dude! i love learning about Human x Animal interactions like this! i cant wait for the next vid
Hello I love your channel and your voice is great for narration. May I suggest a episode on the Leopard of Rudraprayag. I think this could make a interesting video
Great suggestion!
This is masterfully and suspensefully told. And I appreciate your consideration for the people who died in these attacks and also your donation to charities to conserve the lions.
Events like these, Tsavo and others are so heartbreakingly difficult. Protecting the local people and also the apex predators at the same time is a wonderful goal but sadly sometimes impossible because of the humans, the animals or a toxic combination of both. There are predatory species and individual populations within those species we can cohabitate an area or region with and others we cannot. It's a sad affair.
P.S. Just subscribed :-)
Thanks very much
This was very informative and of course super sad to watch. I feel for all parties involved man and animals alike. I've got to say bro your amazing at what you do from you voice to your extensive knowledge on the topic, very well done 💯. Also we all should give the hunters a pat on the back with a sincere attaboy for their heroic efforts. They will go down in history truly deserving a medal at the very least, for saving an uncountable amount of lives. Imagine if the preference for the taste of human blood made its way into more than just the one pride. The thought of what could have been, is enough to honor these men.
Peter Capstick wrote about these lions in his book 'Maneaters'. I first came to know about these lions from his book. This narration kinda matches Peter's version. Nice story telling dude!
My favorite vid of yours was on man eating tigers and this video has been a banger. Hope to see more history of humans and animals conflicts of different parts of world.
really like your videos bro
I genuinely look forward to your videos and also thank you for introducing me to Bob Gymlan (from a previous video).
Thanks. Bob's man-eater videos were a big inspiration for this channel.
Just watched the entire video. Can’t wait for 100k subscribers.
This is new to me. Thanks for presenting this to. Enjoy all your videos.
Very well done my guy. Thought you did a great job narrating and the footage worked really well. Subscribing and look forward to checking out your channel.
That gunshot cutting you off... chefs kiss my friend!
I love this channel but unfortunately its not viewed by many I love having this man in the background while im doing home work
17:27 is an amazing edit. Kudos!
For those interested..there is book The Hunter is Death by T V Bulpin which can be called a biography of George Rushby n details his journey into Njombe the harrowing details of his encounters n how ultimately he was successful in eliminating d pride n almost became a victim himself. Some unbelievable stuff in the book..George Rushby is a legend!!!
all i want to know is how the fucker died...
Thanks very much once more Sir. I greatly appreciate the amount of research you do for your vids.
Absolutely had to subscribe!. :)
Super enjoyable to watch these type of videos youre story telling skills are amazing
Good job highlighting this story. I am familiar with similar stuff out of India but haven't heard much from Africa. Well presented and interesrting.
The narrator is the best Ive heard of them all.
Мuch worse than the Tsavo lions were the Kirov wolves, who ,it's assumed got used to human flesh bc of them eating the bodies of dead soldiers on Eastern front in WW2.
Wow, the music in this video was epic! Like a dramatic film. I could see a movie about this, especially since W. Smith seems to look a lot like Cillian Murphy.
It's also good Halloween content. Very spooky.
I was wondering, how could they be sure each time that they were really getting a man-eating lion? Were all the lions of the pride witnessed eating people? Did they ever check the stomach contents of the lions they killed, or would that have been useless anyway?
Wow, super interesting, insta-subscribe to your channel, fantastic narration voiceover, and very entertaining, please keep them coming 😁! Stay safe and well 👍!
amazing production value!
I really appreciate the way in which you present the informations as others have mentioned, I like your perspective of respect for nature. I was truly captivated by the historical context and the biographical details of the real people involved.
Keep up the great content!
Thanks, will do!
Excellent presentation ❤
Interesting script, I like the mix of tiny intimate details interjected into the big picture. Keep it up!❤
Great video as always.
Loving these videos
Wow. Well researched and great story telling!
Peter Capstick in his book Death in the Long Grass tells about Rushby and the the Njombe pride.
Regards
Very intertesting video as always, keep them coming !
Thanks, will do!
Great video thank you for this.
That gunshot abruptly sounding off in the middle of talking about "just curious about why humans were approaching them" was hilarious
It's been a while since I've been on UA-cam and your videos are just as amazing as I remember. So well researched and wonderfully narrated. This is a tragic story all around. The tales of human loss are heartbreaking. I feel for these lions as well, as they were simply animals without the intention of causing grief. Never is there a story of a man-eater without nuance, and your continued description of all the other animals killed in the surrounding situations really highlight that we, too, cause careless destruction in our efforts to survive.
Oh wow, hey man. I remember you left really nice comments back on the Meg and Man-eating tiger videos a few years ago. Your comments really meant a lot to me and really encouraged me to keep making videos. Thanks for all the support, and yeah I agree, with man-eaters, it's never straight forward.
Simply excellent
Excellent work. Well done.
can you make a "how big can bull sharks get" I`ve seen some, shall we say questionable length estimates for those.
great video BTW.
They made a movie about the 2-man eating lions starring Val Kilmer it was The Ghost and the Darkness.
I watched that movie long time ago
Once upon a time, our ancestors were cat food.
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Excellent show.....thank you.
Amazing story telling for this case, legitimate skill shown here my friend
Your best video yet.
Great content as always! Wasnt this one of the true stories used in that BBC movie Series called Maneater some years ago? The story got more and more familiar to me as the video got on.
I think so. I've only seen the leopard episode but I think they did these lions too. Wish there was a way to watch the show, was pretty good as far as I can remember.
@@wildworld6264 There was a short time years ago were all three of them were on UA-cam, so I got to see all them. Before that I’d also only seen the leopard movie. As said it was some years ago, but I remember the leopard movie being the best by quite a bit.
Kenya is always on the map when it comes to wildlife let alone athletics....we are proud to be Kenyans
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I have searched for this book and this story for the past 5 years. Finally I got to hear it and it was as awe inspiring and terrifying as I thought it would be.
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The angle of Matamula and witchcraft was new information for me. It was a great subplot.
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I wonder why there hasn't been a movie on this.
Yeah, agreed, it's actually more important than people might think..
A good movie to watch is The Ghost and the Darkness.
@@paulmcewenit's INSANELY good, it's about the lions of Tsarajeho or however you write it! They only took 100 or less, but still, that's a lot. They weren't a pride though, just 2
YESSSSSSSSS!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
Thanks for watching. I know you wanted more man-eater videos, hope you enjoyed it 😀.
@@wildworld6264 It was very entertaining indeed and I'm watching it more than once, keep going! your video's quality is best!
I like this channel so much!
I'd think a lot of the story on what triggered the attacks is going to be a complicated one.
For much of it probably did start with Rinderpest, but I don't think that it would immediately turn to the Njombe pride attacking people. Men are too small for a pride of 15 Lions to feed on. Cattle would be a more effective meal for them, and I'd argue the first attacks probably were attacks on livestock, but because many herders may have been close to their cattle at times, it'd be possible that such actions would have also seen people killed and eaten in addition to the livestock and the Njombe pride then learned that man was easily killed... far more so than even the cattle. And that's where the jump occurs in 1932.
However, because Lions mature between 2 to 3 years and the Njombe pride was active between 1932 and 1947, the Rinderpest responses that may have been the initial trigger in 1932 weren't going to be there a few years later. For once the pride began to shift to man, the cubs in 1932 would have been exposed to how the adults hunted and learned from them... and becoming accustomed to Human flesh in the process. Thus by 1945, there would have been many Lions that had grown up eating Humans and never knew anything more... and some of those that remembered hunting their more natural prey had died of old age or other fights between Lions... and by 1947, any surviving members of the pride from 1932 would be aged. Thus, you'd have the young and healthy accustomed to hunting Humans while the older ones too infirm to hunt anything but Humans.
That's really interesting and informed - thank you!
This is a fascinating story told with a flare for suspense. I'm highly recommending this video to friends.
My pennies-worth, Matamula probably eliminated any opposition by feeding them to a few "Pets" he may have had hanging around. He definitely fanned the deaths on mysticism beliefs and showed how powerful he was in controlling the lions for his purpose. When people are scared, most people will believe in most any thing.
Excellent narration.
Thank you kindly!
I'm surprised I didn't discover this sooner considering my huge fascination with the Lions of Tsavo. Strange how the efforts work the way they do. I enjoyed the conclusion, what luck for the deposed official.
wanted to point out it looks like you put the description from your mermaid video into this one, im assuming that wasnt intentional lol
Woops, thanks for the heads up
This is a great story. Glad I listened to it all
Good piece of African bush history, very well narrated .
Nicely done.
Nice video!
great video
Thanks!
THANKS GREAT STORY
Politics can get wild & with conniving people 😮.
Thank you for sharing this. And for the work that those men did to eliminate a reign of terror. 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
Very interesting one of the best iv seen in months
Let's not forget the jaguar . I talked with Man in
Lawesana a few lots of years ago. And I quote. My grandfather was dragged off a tractor by the back of his head . I could not believe what he said . I asked him did he live ? Yes . I think he said it happened around the mid 1920s
Do you mean leopards ? Leopards live in Africa, India and parts of Asia.
Jaguars live in Central and South America.
Not gonna lie, James Cormack's shear emphatic distain for "politicians" had me laughing pretty hard. There's just something so innocent and adorable about it, like a young child who just learned what "bad guys" are.
Excellent story!
"Oh, here she comes
Watch out boy she'll chew you up
Oh, here she comes
She's a man eater"
- Hall & Oats, 'Maneater' (1982)
You are so talented and polished. I appreciate all the WORK that goes into making a documentary like this. You've gained a subscriber 🎉
Thanks very much!
I saw 1500 kills and I thought that this was going to be another clickbait video…but, this was a post that I believe should be made into a Netflix series or something. The story is as good as the 2 famous lions that has had at least 2 movies made about them. This story is epic enough for a series. Just my opinion but pls remember that I have y’all the idea in this comment. Js
Excellent video! Thanks! I already knew about the Tsavo lions but had never heard of this case before. It was really interesting! I love your channel!
Thanks so much for watching! I appreciate it.
this was great narration.
I have loved the entire story. always fearing that George might have finally fallen victim to the man eater(s). great twists and choice of still and videos'.
subscribed and will look up more videos.
thankyou so much for the research and construction of the entire story
finally Mata Mula.. what a lucky Son of a B* and real scoundrel and a villain
Omg, this story makes me think of a dark writing prompt! And yet it’s real, Even scarier.
I survied a maneater, my last girlfriend 💀
Regardless of whether the story is truthful or not, you can’t argue that it is beautiful and fascinating. I was on the edge of my seat at every turn.
The part that started the war my friend! 0:40
Brilliant storytelling
Thanks very much!
@@wildworld6264 not very often I watch such long videos, but this one had me on the edge of my chair the whole time!
I really need to hear more about this lion assassin. I can’t seem to find anything about it but I remember my dad telling me about it as a kid.
I'm not convinced that a big male lion would lose to a tiger. But it would be a heckuva matchup.
Awesome