Man-Eater Manhunt|食人猛兽真面目

by Marcus Maurice

Gordon Buchanan is on a mission to battle blood-thirsty beasts.

There's a serial killer lurking around Chitwan National Park in Nepal and her name is Nangara Pothi. Nicknamed The Claw, this deadly tigress has killed at least 10 people since 2008. Gordon Buchanan, host of Man-Eater Manhunt on National Geographic Channel (NGC), travels to Nepal to investigate. He hopes to unlock the myths and mysteries of the man-eating tigress.

   Buchanan's mission is to know and understand man-eatersnimals that have killed or even eaten humans. He wonders if the reasons for the attacks on humans are due to the predators' loss of natural space. Buchanan is determined to put himself directly in the path to find out the answers. In Tanzania, Buchanan hooks up with a local researcher to try and learn why lions that normally don't eat people now have a taste for human flesh. Buchanan finds out that most of the farmers that were killed by the lions had been sleeping in makeshift shelters while trying to protect their harvests. The only way to get to the bottom of the mystery, Buchanan thinks, is to spend a night in one of the shelters.

   Lions and tigers are dangerous, but leopards are renowned as elusive and resourceful predators. In Mumbai, India, one of the most populous cities in the world, 57 people have been killed by leopards, and Buchanan wants to know why. He sets up thermal camera traps and visits the city's suburbs at night. By doing so, Buchanan feels he gets a handle on what the opportunistic predators known for their diverse diets do at night. Dig into the leopards' secrets and more on NGC's Man-Eater Manhunt.

食人猛兽真面目

高登‧布坎南接受对抗嗜杀成性野兽的任务

有一个连环杀手潜伏在尼泊尔奇旺国家公园附近，她名叫南加拉‧博提。这只绰号名为『爪子』的致命母老虎自 2008 年起已经将至少 10 人攻击致死。国家地理频道《食人猛兽真面目》节目的主持人高登‧布坎南前往尼泊尔调查。他希望能解开这只食人母老虎的迷思与奥秘。

布坎南的任务是要知道并了解食人动物──就是那些会杀害人或甚至把人吃掉的动物。他想知道这些针对人类的攻击是否因这些捕食者失去大自然空间所致。布坎南决心把自己直接放在动物捕食的路径上，藉此找出答案。在坦尚尼亚，布坎南与一位当地的研究者共事，试图要得知为什么通常不吃人的狮子现在却性喜吃人肉。布坎南发现，大部分遭狮子咬死的农夫都是那些为了保护收成而一直睡在临时简陋住所的人。布坎南认为要厘清这个谜团最终原因的唯一方式，就是要花一个晚上的时间睡在其中一个简陋住所内。

狮子和老虎都很危险，但豹却以难以捉摸且足智多谋而出名。在全球人口最多城市之一的印度孟买，57个人被豹咬死，布坎南想要知道为什么。他架设起热能摄影机陷阱，并在夜晚探访了该市的近郊处。布坎南觉得他这样做便可了解这种以其多样化饮食而出名的机会主义掠食者会有什么作为。观赏国家地理频道的《食人猛兽真面目》节目以探讨豹的秘密及其他更多的信息。

此国家地理频道《食人猛兽真面目》系列节目共四集，均精彩刺激，有赖高登．布坎南亲自踏上危险旅程深入了解食人猛兽的秘密。由于地球最凶猛的掠食者数量锐减，布坎南必须前往人类和野兽争夺之地，并且直接进入掠食者的领地一探究竟。这些食人怪兽包括了坦桑尼亚的狮子、印度孟买的美洲豹、本文尼泊尔奇旺国家公园的老虎、以及荒凉阿拉斯加的野狼。（数据源：国家地理频道）