Feeding Wild Hyenas in Ethiopia!
I made a trip down to Ethiopia in eastern Africa and went to the city of Harar.
Harar was probably the highlight of my entire trip to Ethiopia as it was such a beautiful city completely surrounded by walls.
While I was there I got to feed very hungry, very wild hyenas, some meat on a stick..... with my hand...(which is still intact by some miracle haha!)
Legend has it that in the 1960's farmers from Harar started to feed the hyenas some kind of porridge on the hill so they wouldn't eat their livestock and children. (which was a real concern at the time)
At times when they didnt put out food, the hyenas sometimes tried to dig holes under their homes to try and get in to eat their children.
Now the locals feed the hyenas outside the walled city of Harar religiously every night.
Make no mistake, these hyenas are wild and roam freely, but judging by the fact that I have both of my hands today as I write this, I'm sure they have some sort of 'treaty' with the locals as long as they keep feeding them
It was too dark to take a better picture but there are about 20 hyenas surrounding me in this photo, you can actually see their eyes glowing in the dark behind me!
Ferocious but beautiful creatures!
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Wow, that must have been one crazy experience. Ethiopia is already a destination that not many people would choose, the airport alone is an assault on the senses and you like clearly South Africa doesn't prepare you for Africa
Not sure if I would have the guts to do something like feeding hyenas, glad you made it home safe and have an amazing story to tell
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hey @chekohler, listen, Ethiopia was CRAZY! and let me tell you, Ive been to some wild countries! The airport has nothing onwild Ethiopia outside haha....I think I will do some more posts on it soon :D Thank you so much for choosing this post! Your support is always appreciated.
Gosh you are brave @aliciasteyn, this is simply amazing!
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There is a fine line between brave and stupid hahaha.....this might have been leaning towards the latter
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Your braver than me, I have encountered one on a safari in Kenya.. but not like this.
They are bigger than youd expect right?
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Yes, but how did you get out of the situation.. 30 of them surroudning you.. did you have a load of blokes with guns there too to shoo them off when you had enough?
Hahahha no there were no guns. It was just a big risk I suppose. I mean, it was clearly scary but I believed that they wouldnt attack as we were feeding them other food....
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that's the craziest things I read and known out of the movie @aliciasteyn... what an experience, how was your feeling surrounding by hyenas at night ? I thought the flash behind was candle or lamp.. but.. Gosh.. it's hyena eyes!
Hhahahahah yes hyena eyes! It was crazy, I was definitely scared. I know these hyenas probably wont bite but honestly you never know with wild animals. So yes, excited and scared at the same time
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I watched that the hyena leader always a female one and they're not kinda animals to be fed by human.. but I think what tbe community doing all this time is a better solution rather than hunting or scared thd hyena away😊 thumbs Up @aliciasteyn.. 👍👍
That's an amazing experience! Wow. I don't know if I had the balls to do it.
Well, I guess there aren't many animals that bite the hand that feeds them. 😉
haha, yeah exactly. Im sure they wont attack someone feeding them. But trust me, their mouths are pretty scary up close!
Wow...I can see you are having a good time @aliciasteyn
I am here because @chekohler featured you in his entry for @pifc payitforward curation contest - week 48
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Hey @ajorundon, ai was actually haveing loads of fun hahah, thank you for checking out my post and thanx @chekohler for the continued support
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I don’t think they will bite the hand that feeds them . Well until the status-quo changes
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Yes exactly, like I said. They have a treaty with the locals as longs as they keep feeding them. Thanx for stopping by!
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wow. nice adventure... I'd love to do that one day. For now the most ferocious animal I feed was a badger... ;)
Hahaha flip, any wild animal is actually dangerous. Even a small badger could probably rip your finger right odd if he wanted to
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Right and the badger I met was nearly the hight of a fox with larger shoulders... It was impressive, so I imagine the hyenas, wow! BTW i didn't feed him with my hands or a stick... I just threw the food in his direction ;)
Hahahahhaha! Thats so sad, please show yourself out😋
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...and Elvis just left the building...
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Wow!!! i have to say that i didnt think that the Hyenas are to BIG o.o!
They have even bigger teeth! But yes I know what you mean, somehow you imagine them smaller. Thanks so much for the resteem and support!
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Awesome! That's crazy :D I'm gonna follow and look forward to more beautiful Africa pictures and exciting adventures!
Thanx so much for stopping by, followinv you already
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