[Aztlan] Man eating jaguars

[John F. Schwaller]

In Nahuatl the common name for the lion (puma, cougar, etc.) is tecuani.
It means "it customarily eats something human."  This is also where the
name Tehuantepec comes from, the place of lions.



> I remember hearing somewhere that lions also rarely eat humans. As I
> recall, the ones who do attack humans are usually thought to be old, or
> mentally screwed up.
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John F. Schwaller
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