In Africa you can have a hyena, baboon or a python as a pet
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- Oct 3, 2009
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In some countries dangerous wild animals and some dog breeds are banned. In some other places they have probably never heard about those rules. Like in Africa where you can have a hyena or a baboon or maybe a python as a pet.
For them it’s pretty normal putting a chain on a hyena and taking it out for a walk, or maybe ride your motorcycle with a baboon sitting in the back.
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That’s is so cool!
Wish i had pets like that!
Oct 6, 2009Go to Africa then so, lol
Oct 7, 2009
) Are you sure? :-t
Oct 8, 2009Unbelievable!!!
Oct 14, 2009sure, find a couple pictures and claim they represent an entire continent
these men are 'Gadawan Kura' as they are known in Hausa (a rough translation: 'hyena handlers/guides'). They are a band of relatives that have these animals and travel around trying to make money by entertaining others with their unusual pets
NOT EVERYONE IN AFRICA DOES THIS
Oct 15, 2009Thanks Scott. Glad to know not everyone looks at the world through shutters
Nov 3, 2009I’m pretty sure you can have pythons as pets anywhere.
Feb 19, 2010i’m sorry, but those guys with the pet hyenas look soo god damn hardcore i can’t even handle it lol
Feb 20, 2010Nigs always want the baddest dog.
Feb 25, 2010A lot of there are staged photographs by photographer Pieter Hugo. Do not be fooled.
Feb 26, 2010Is this in the U.S ? Looks like those bad suburbs near New York.
Mar 15, 2010That’s definitely Madison Square Garden.
Mar 17, 2010You can keep pythons most places. Not all python species are giants–the most popular pet species, the ball python, maxes out at 6 feet, with most individuals never exceeding 4 feet. It’s a small snake, and completely harmless.
The snake in the photo is an unhealthy-looking juvenile African Rock Python. That is a species that gets pretty big. It’s a telling point that the other animals in the photos appear healthy. Few people can tell a sick reptile from a healthy one, which is part of the reason why they suffer from mistreatment so often. Education is key. Pythons don’t make bad pets, but owners need to know what they’re doing and follow safe handling practices.
Apr 27, 2010these are members of a somalian circus who make their living with those animals.
May 11, 2010that does not mean that this is usual in “africa” as if it was one single country.
it is not usual to parade white tigers through las vegas just because siegfried and roy did.
stupid idiots! hope those hyenas bite their faces off and they should be on chains…
May 12, 2010It is not funny! We are also living without putting any chain on our neck.
Jul 18, 2010Some of our people are all most dangerous than wild these animals.
!!COOL!! is better than stay in home all the day seeing the hypnotic t.v and playing stupid video games atleas this people enjoy of the nature and of this incredible animals.
Jul 20, 2010“The title is not true; These pictures come from a series taken by Pieter Hugo while he followed a legendary group of itinerant street artists known as the Hyena Men. These men earn their money by performing on the streets with hyenas, pythons and baboons, and by selling traditional medicines.”
http://www.michaelstevenson.com/contemporary/exhibitions/hugo/nigeria.htm
Jul 25, 2010Africans are uniquely brave. keep it up guys.
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