Guys, just my take on the lions/missionaries story. I've lived in Africa my whole life and visited about a dozen African countries through the years. Even in deepest Africa, lions are controlled in wildlife reserves, parks and zoos. The chances that you would inadvertently meet up with a lion face to face is so remote, you're more likely to be eaten by a poodle whilst being struck by lightning with a winning lottery ticket in your pocket.
Lions eating grass? Their stomachs cannot digest the grass so it has zero nutritional value. They instinctively know that eating grass can cause constipation. That said, I was in Mutirikwi National Park in Masvingo, Zimbabwe in 1992 during a severe drought and saw lions chew on wooden fence poles. In retrospect, I'm sure they were only excising their jaw muscles or they were very frustrated. The drought was so bad that the warthogs (always round in shape!) in the park looked like pieces of jerky. Thousands of animals in the Masvingo province died daily.
