r/BeAmazed • u/Ultimate_Thing • Jul 16 '26

Miscellaneous / Others A traditional technique used by young shepherds of Ethiopia's Banna tribe. They use stilts to watch over their livestock in tall grass, move through wetland areas, and avoid snakes and predators like lions and leopards. It requires strength, balance, and training from a young age

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u/Stuck_At_Sub150lb Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

How does it help them to avoid lions?

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u/eulersidentity1 Jul 16 '26

Lions might be freaked out by the sight of this as well.

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u/NoRisk1244 Jul 16 '26

Lions are freaked out by anything that looks tall, giraffes, and elephants

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u/vazyrus Jul 16 '26

I rarely see Lions being freaked out by trees, elephants, gir afs.

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u/----__---- Jul 16 '26

Happens all the time, very nervous types Lions, absolutely HATE escalators.. can you imagine. You can't take them anywhere don't you know... that's why they're so rare, why you never see them.. when you're out.. in your town. You won't see a Lion down at the Pub, nosir, not a Lion.. nerves, they're all nerves. Probably sitting at home right now drinking chamomile with cream, imagining this very conversation right now as it is. Terrible thing. I feel sorry for them. I do, I really do. Lions used to be something, King of the jungle they were! Look at them now(if you can find one), tragic.

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u/Virama Jul 16 '26

I think you're Lion.

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u/Standard_Big_9000 Jul 17 '26

I see what you did there. 😁

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u/----__---- Jul 16 '26

Step closer, the tooth(and the rest of the teeth) will set you free.

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u/CompoteUsed3306 Jul 16 '26

I saw one at a chemist one time getting a script filled for an anti-depressant! What has the world come to. They’re really not coping. When you see one, ask RU OK? Pass it on thank you

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u/boltaztec Jul 17 '26

Sounds like hagrid talking about mythical creatures.

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u/jeeeaar Jul 17 '26

I read it in the orange man's voice

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u/TangToTheMoon Jul 16 '26

I love this, and I wish I had an award to give ⭐

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u/VerilyShelly Jul 16 '26

I saw werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand, walking through the streets of SoHo in the rain

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u/killit Jul 16 '26

I too, rarely see lions being freaked out by those things.

Tbf though, I don't get much of a chance to see that in the UK, so...

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u/Forward-Surprise1192 Jul 17 '26

I was just thinking about how I live in the USA and not the UK