http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43035474
A suspected big cat poacher has been eaten by lions near the Kruger National Park in South Africa, police say.
The animals left little behind, but some body parts were found over the weekend at a game park near Hoedspruit.
"It seems the victim was poaching in the game park when he was attacked and killed by lions," Limpopo police spokesman Moatshe Ngoepe told AFP.
"They ate his body, nearly all of it, and just left his head and some remains."
Lion poaching has been on the rise in Limpopo province in recent years.
The big cats' body parts are sometimes used in traditional medicine, both within Africa and beyond.
Wildlife charity the Born Free Foundation says lion bones and other body parts are increasingly sought-after in South East Asia, where they are sometimes used as a substitute for tiger bones.
In January 2017, three male lions were found poisoned in Limpopo with their paws and heads cut off.
Well done lion brah, well done
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Poacher killed, eaten by lions he was hunting (only head left over)
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Was reading a book written by someone who grew up in South Africa. He said that lions would lie in wait along S.A's border fences and attack illegal immigrants trying to sneak in. They developed a taste for human meat and authorities would regularly find arms and legs along the border. Apparently the lions liked to skin their victims alive by licking their skin off with their rough tongues. Then they would suck the blood out before eating the meat. The irony is that local bushmen would lie in wait for the man-eating lions and after they'd eaten and fallen asleep the bushmen would run up and spear them with darts made from poisonous caterpillars. They would then eat them. It sick.
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