These are clearly captive raised animals. Almost any animal raised from birth can be tamed to a certain extent. Hyenas just appear to be more intimidating, as we don't really see them all that often.
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These are clearly captive raised animals. Almost any animal raised from birth can be tamed to a certain extent. Hyenas just appear to be more intimidating, as we don't really see them all that often.
Richard.
I dont think so... just think about it, same thing with bears, or any wild animals, there are those handfuls of animals that have become somewhat less scared of humans, than others just a couple miles away... I really dont think they are CB, nor do i see how it's obvious... IMO, if they were CB, then the guy would be petting them...they may have grown up around humans, but i really dont think they are captive born...
It looked to me that you could see the edge of the enclosure in the background, that was the main reason I thought they were cb. Maybe it's just the edge of a fence and not an enclosure, but there is a program on National Geographic with cb or rescued Hyenas in South Africa and they feed them the same way.
Either way, it still looks f'ing dangerous! Richard.
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Richard Lynch (Giant Orange, Regina, Citronella, Suriname Cobalt, Powderblue, Alanis, Azureus, Patricia, Oyapok, Green Sip, tinc Nominat, Leucomelas).
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If you raise poison dart frogs, you can't say that you'd never hurt a fly!!
It seems to challenge (not necessarily disprove) the adage that we should never feed wild animals. I, for one, have wondered why social predators--if they're sooo smart-- never figured out that it just ain't a good idea to eat the small pink, soft things that cry a lot, as their adults (i.e., us) don't take kindly to it Well, I saw a documentary that actually addressed this subject, and theorized that a group of social predators did figure this out--specifically, a group of female wolves in E Asia ca. 16000 yrs BCE. (The rest, as they say, is history.)
In the case of Harar, the humans and wild social carnivores really do seem to have an understanding.
(That said, I do not think I have the stones to feed one of these with a chopstick :-)
And now, the Hyena man...
Well, I saw a documentary that actually addressed this subject, and theorized that a group of social predators did figure this out--specifically, a group of female wolves in E Asia ca. 16000 yrs BCE. (The rest, as they say, is history.)
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