title: Basic instinct in a feline.
abstract: Reported cases in Europe of large felines attacking humans are rare. Recently, in France, a man was attacked in an animal park by a tigress he had raised. He received fatal cervical wounds. This case of death by bites and lacerations, together with others in the recent international literature, underline the hereditary ferocity of such felines and the way in which they prefer to inflict lesions to the neck.
authors.affiliation: Bordeaux 2 University, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chapenoire
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Camiade
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Legros
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D001344:Autopsy; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D002335:Carnivora; D020212:Carotid Artery Injuries / Q000473:pathology; D003481:Cuspid / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005553:Forensic Dentistry; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000293:injuries; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*