On Sun, 21 Nov 2010, David Marjanovic wrote:
This in contrast to cats, which make sure the victim is well and truly dead (except lions, which are sometimes desperate enough to start eating while a pridemate is still maintaining the chokehold).Or when they attack elephants, which are simply too big to kill any other way.
Speaking of attacking elephants... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11795932