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BAZ
02-25-05, 11:36 AM
These hyenas and baboons are used by money collectors in Nigera:

http://www.bretthager.com/files/nigerian2.jpg

http://www.bretthager.com/files/nigerian1.jpg

http://www.bretthager.com/files/nigerian3.jpg


Another amazing hyena story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2079781.stm


This one is good too:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3619791.stm
ydnic
02-25-05, 11:43 AM
holy S#!t

I would be sooooooo scared


I had no idea hyenas were that big!
joey
02-25-05, 11:44 AM
very interesting! I like the articles but the photos of the men walking the hyenas with big chains are kind of sad.
BOAS_N_PYTHONS
02-25-05, 12:07 PM
BAZ:

I saw that a while back I think in an email, crazy stuff though. Here is it sheapards and rotties there they step it up a notch, lol.

Tony
HeatherRose
02-25-05, 12:09 PM
Holy crap Baz...

If someone came at me with a baboon I'm sure I'd throw money at them to go away! :p
latazyo
02-25-05, 01:12 PM
holy crap, on TV hyenas look tiny

those are HUGE

I think baboons are terrifying too
Scales Zoo
02-25-05, 01:16 PM
I have sent those pictures (smaller ones however) to many friends - they are very intriguing.

I guess they also fight those animals, against each other.

I talked to an oil and gas guy, who said that he saw not only caged fights between baboons and hyenas, but humans vs baboons and humans vs hyenas - to the death. I would never want to fight either animal, I guess not many people won those fights either.

Thanks for posting the bigger pictures BAZ - I'm saving those!

Ryan
joey
02-25-05, 01:20 PM
Originally posted by Scales Zoo
I guess they also fight those animals, against each other.

I talked to an oil and gas guy, who said that he saw not only caged fights between baboons and hyenas, but humans vs baboons and humans vs hyenas - to the death. I would never want to fight either animal, I guess not many people won those fights either.

Ryan

nasty humans. I hope they got ripped to shreds. :mad:
loveispretend
02-25-05, 01:27 PM
Originally posted by joey
nasty humans. I hope they got ripped to shreds. :mad:
I think the people in the cage probably had about as much to do with it as the baboons or hyenas... the ones staging it are the ones who need to be punished, not the people who were unable to pay any other way.
joey
02-25-05, 02:37 PM
Originally posted by loveispretend
I think the people in the cage probably had about as much to do with it as the baboons or hyenas... the ones staging it are the ones who need to be punished, not the people who were unable to pay any other way.


I don't think he was saying that there were 'people in cages fighting', I could be wrong but that's not how I read it.
gonesnakee
02-25-05, 02:45 PM
You are wrong, you can't pay, you get to "play", kinda sad for the animals. Mark
joey
02-25-05, 02:48 PM
Originally posted by gonesnakee
You are wrong, you can't pay, you get to "play", kinda sad for the animals. Mark

ok, I'm cornfused---what? !!
coldblooded
02-25-05, 02:56 PM
People in cages fighting with animals... :(
Scales Zoo
02-25-05, 03:05 PM
I've heard from someone who claims to have watched - that there are betting matches in cages of hyenas vs baboons.

At the end of the night, there are people vs baboons and people vs hyenas - to the death. It didn't sound to me like these people were volunteering to fight the animals, or usually ever won the matches.

Since the dawn of time, and in every society, people have bet on animals fighting animals (chickens, dogs, fish, dogs on bears, dogs on bulls etc...), and threw people to the animals to watch the fight when that got boring - must just be twisted human pshycology. Damn humans!

Ryan
joey
02-25-05, 03:08 PM
Originally posted by Scales Zoo
Damn humans!

Ryan

exactly.
Rikki
02-25-05, 03:19 PM
Wow, they are huge, I also had no idea they were that big. They should be in the wild though....
loveispretend
02-25-05, 03:41 PM
Originally posted by joey
I don't think he was saying that there were 'people in cages fighting', I could be wrong but that's not how I read it.

He said 'people vs. baboons and people vs. hyenas'.
That's people being forced in to kill or be killed.

And yes, I agree, damn people. Still, if a bill collector forced me into a cage to fight a hyena to the death, I can't said I wouldn't do everything in my power to kill the hyena. I would fail miserably, but I would try.
V.hb
02-25-05, 04:42 PM
Thats incredibly sad. I'am sure those things live happy lives.. :/
SnowSnake
02-25-05, 06:13 PM
Originally posted by Rikki
Wow, they are huge, I also had no idea they were that big. They should be in the wild though....

When you see them on TV besides a lion they look tiny.
Imagine how big the lions would look on a chain! :eek:

So these guys walk up to your car and ask for some cash with the hyenas and baboons on a chain to intimidate you? It would intimidate me!!