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THE INSECTTHE INSECTAWAWARDS!ARDS!

DANGEROUSHERBIVORES!HERBIVORES!

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DANGEROUSHERBIVORES!

Many man-eatersturn to human preywhen they’re toowounded or old tohunt their naturalfood sources.

THESE MEAT EATINGCREATURES ARE

KNOWN TOHAVE HUNTED

HUMANS!

This terrifying tigeris said to have killed

more people than anyother man-eater in history!Men, women and childrenwere ambushed by her inNepal in the late 19thcentury. The army waseventually called out tohunt the cunning beast,but she escaped over theborder into India tocontinue her killing spree.The tigress is reported tohave killed over 436humans before famoushunter, Jim Corbett,tracked her down byfollowing the bloody trailof her latest victim.

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Scientistsbelieve Gustave,estimated to be 20feet in length andone ton in weight,turned to large

prey like humansbecause he wastoo big to huntsmaller prey!

Gum disease and tooth decay causedthe Leopard of Panar to turn to humansinstead of its usual wild prey. It killedover 400 people before it was killed.

Dingos, Australia’s wild dog, have beenknown to snatch and eat children, withover 400 dingo attacks reported onFraser Island alone.

A mysterious wolf-like creatureterrorised a French province calledGevauden from 1764-1767, killing 113victims. Some said it was a werewolf!

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The Ghost and TheDarkness are two

lions who terrorised agroup of railroad workersalong Kenya’s Tsavo Riverin 1898. The ferociousfelines crawled throughthorn fences to make theirdeadly kills and evensnatched sleepingworkers out of bed. Theattacks only came to anend when chief engineerJohn Henry Pattersonfinally managed to hunt

the pair down.

TSAVO

The most brutal bear attack in Japan’s history tookplace in the remote village of Sankebetsu in 1915,

when a giant brown bear called Kesagake went on arampage and killed six people in only two days, maulingthem to death in their own homes! An expert bear hunterfinally managed to stop the violent beast, which stoodthree metres tall and weighed 380kg.

Most man-eaters are just bad memories, but Gustave, a massive Nile crocodilefrom Burundi, is still killing people to this day! Gustave, whose death count is

supposedly over 300 people, carries the countless scars from knives, spearsand bullet holes from hunters, but they’ve all failed to end his reign of terror!

GRUESOME GUSTAVE!

The great white shark got its fearsome reputation thanks to a series ofdeadly shark attacks along the coast of New Jersey in America in 1916 – a

time when most scientists thought sharks were harmless to humans! Four peoplewere killed and one seriously injured by the man-eater, who’d developed a taste for humanflesh. The event led to panic all across America and was the inspiration behind the movie, Jaws!

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LIZARDS!AMAZING

KOMODO DRAGONThe largest lizard on the planet, the komododragon is one of the closest descendants ofdinosaurs. Many people think they’re venomous

creatures, but instead they have lots of bacteria in theirsaliva that is so strong that, when they bite their prey,they will slowly die from the bacteria causing aninfection in their wound.

Our planet is crawling with lizardsof all different shapes and sizes…

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Thefrill-necked

lizard eats insects,other lizards, and

even smallmammals!

The frill-necked lizard is a reallyunusual looking species. They havethis huge frilled skin around their

neck that is usually flat against their neck.But, when they’re trying to attract a mate orto scare predators, the skin flares outshowing off brightlycoloured orangeand red scales.

FRILL-NECKED LIZARD FACT

In warmer regions, geckos sometimeslive inside people’s houses! They’revery welcome because they gobbleup all the mosquitoes!

The gila monster only eats five to tentimes a year in the wild! But when itdoes, it consumes up to a third of itsbody weight!

Chuckwallas feed on leaves, fruit andflowers – and it has been said that theyprefer to munch on yellow flowers.

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One of the most toxic lizardson Earth, the gila monster unleashes

venom through grooves in theirteeth.

Found only in the USA and Mexico,their bite is extremely painful but has

never been known to kill a human.They spend most of their time in

underground burrows andgo for long periods of time

without eating, as theycan store fat in their

massive tails!

Chuckwalla

One of the mosttoxic lizards onEarth, the gila

monster unleashesvenom through groovesin their teeth. Found onlyin the USA and Mexico,their bite is extremelypainful but has never beenknown to kill a human.They spend most of theirtime in undergroundburrows and go for longperiods of time withouteating, as they can storefat in their massive tails!

CHUCKWALLAChuckwallas live inhot, dry climatesand protect

themselves from predatorsby hiding in rocky crevices.Then, they suck in lots ofoxygen to expand theirbody, making it muchharder for predators to pullthem out of their hidingplaces. This is why theyhave lots of loose skin, toallow them to swell up as adefence mechanism.

GILA MONSTER

FLYING GECKOGeckos have super sticky toesthat can cling to pretty muchany surface like Velcro so they

can scale the sides of tall trees andhigh buildings. To add to their amazingclimbing prowess, they can fly throughthe air by using their webbed feet,broad tail and flaps of skin to glidebetween trees. They can control theirfall with their flaps and can glide for upto 60 metres!

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Komododragons havebeen knownto dig uphumangraves!

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