The Last Maneater: Killer Tigers of India
The tigers of the Sunderbans in India, which have developed a taste for human flesh.
46 mins
Sunderbans (Forest of Beauty) is in West Bengal, India, and is the only place on Earth that is the natural habitat of Royal Bengal Tigers that have never known to be fearful of humans. One tiger has been known to kill three fully grown men, leaving behind orphans and widows who belong to poor tribes, dependent on harvesting wild honey and fishing, in a swampy mangrove region. About 80 people are killed annually by these ferocious beasts with razor-sharp jaws, whose forepaws can shatter bones, and sharp teeth can pierce a skull in one bite. Amidst religious superstitions, the narrator attempts to explain the cause behind their taste for human meat in a region devoid of electricity, roadways, firearms and safe drinking water, and why the villagers continue to live there despite of being stalked and mauled on land and water alike.
Peter MacNeill
Narrator
Dr. David Smith
Scientific Advisor
Dan Hawkes
Editor
Suhail Gupta
Location Coordinator
Oksana Borowik
Director
Raj Panikkar
Researcher
Oksana Borowik
Producer
Denis Gautier
Sound Recordist
Christian Gaume
Director of Photography
Mike Alonzo
Music Producer
Rick Stewart
Production Assistant
Andrew Burnstein
Executive Producer
Frédéric Lepage
Producer
Matthew Sherman
Technical Supervisor
Frank Vilaca
Additional Camera
Doug Reid
Grip
Patrick McGowan
Additional Camera
Hori Ghosh
Gaffer
John Panikkar
Executive Producer