How do leopards kill animals larger than they are?
From 1918 to 1926, a serial killer stalked villagers in a remote area of the Himalayas in India. Across a 500-square-mile (1,294-square-kilometer) region, 125 people died upon having their bodies savagely ripped apart and devoured. For years, residents put themselves on voluntary lock-down at night, scared to encounter the vicious murderer. In spite of such precautions, the killer managed to break into a home and take down a young boy [source: Sunquist and Sunquist]. The culprit would eventually be called “the man-eating leopard of Rudraprayag.” The leopard, which had developed a taste for humans, was eventually tracked dow
