A 450-lb lion escaped the zoo and cornered an elderly woman on a park bench. When armed police arrived, they couldn’t believe what she whispered to him…

olfactory system. They retain complex scent profiles for years, using them to differentiate between pride members, rivals, and territorial threats. Yesterday afternoon, Ruth had stood near his enclosure, walked down the asphalt promenade, and exited the zoo, leaving a microscopic trail of scent markers all the way back to her neighborhood.

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