As if their looks weren’t terrifying enough, it gets worse for us mortals. These beasts had an insatiable craving for human flesh. It was written that the Manticore would chase victims down with their insane speed before taking them down with their stinger, stabbing them until they were lifeless, before eating them entirely, bones and all. Greek writer Ctesias wrote that they were even able to shoot their stingers from a distance “as if from a bow.”