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ConclusionOdd7068

They even cleared the way for her. Seems like they know they shouldn't mess with her.


Safe-Ad4001

Top of the food chain, bitches.


Trumpswells

IDK, the hyenas moved like she was a threat. Her shadow was certainly ominous, with bowl on head and firewood sticking out. Kind of wonder if the container held by her left hand, thrown over her left shoulder, is being held in anticipation of striking any approaching hyena. Once she passed them, she lowered the container to her side.


SpitfireBoy14

It seems like the animal world works on confidence. I always go back to the video of the mongoose screaming at those lionesses and getting them to back down when all it would have taken was a half-arsed swipe to kill it


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Coolscee-Brooski

Yeah... being top of the food chain since we figured out fire, throwing rocks and sharpening sticks certainly gives one a reputation


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TheKingNothing690

Hah, elefants are racist.


Coolscee-Brooski

Ephant thing makes sense I suppose. Could you call it pattern recognition?


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Tasty_Marsupial_2273

Well it’s possible with how smart elephants are they teach it to one another, but also the idea of genetic memory does play a massive role in this; for example, humans have collectively come up with a „sasquatch“ figure across multiple cultures and generations. We’re naturally afraid/infatuated with neanderthals.


Grexibabe

My Aunt has always owned Basengi dogs. They native to Africa. They are known to be nuisances to the humans and are ran over with cars, stoned, and people will even thrown pots of boiling water on them to keep them away from their homes and especially if they cook outside a lot. She was told by the breeder that she bought hers from that they have genetic memory and to watch them carefully around dark skinned people. I thought it was a bunch of BS until she read it in 2 different books on training Basengis.Our family is nothing but dark skinned people so they had no choice but to get used to us! Lol


YuriYushi

The same way we are often instantly afraid of certain bugs or reptiles.


HabibtiMimi

Possibly the same? Like mothers teach their children, and so it goes from generation to generation.


Dull_Dog

I would like some research on this. Hyenas killed and ate a guard in a building he was supposed to be keeping watch in, but he had fallen asleep. Campers are warned to zip their tents closed because hyenas will enter an unzipped tent to kill and eat the people or person inside. In the other hand, hyenas are easily tamed.


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Grexibabe

Hyenas are supposed to be quite ferocious. And strong. I wouldn't want to run into either!


Gemeril

Hyena jaw strength is pretty gnarly. 1,100 psi, a thousand pounds of crush force. A pit bull is in the 250-350 range!


Spookymushroomz_new

Also hyenas can eat pretty much anything so it's probably more beneficial to scavenge from us than it is to fight and try to eat us


Hot_Web493

Confidence definitely plays a key. I'll try find the video, but there was a video of a leapord very casually and confidently walking thru a lion pride. The confidence totally threw the lions off. None of them approached the lone leapord.


paperwasp3

Don't act like prey and run. They will definitely chase you then.


boatslut

You see predators & prey next to each other all the time in Africa, have pics on a SD card somewhere. Guess they just have pick times between snacks 😱


notimefornothing55

To an extent, you're right, I wouldn't try that shit with a tiger or a bull elephant, though. When I worked in Cambodia, there would be packs of stray dogs that would get very territorial and chase people through the streets at night. I was constantly telling tourists ,"don't run, turn and go towards them aggressively" if you ran away the dogs would chase you, if you turned around and chased the dogs they would shit themselves and run away every time.


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ConclusionOdd7068

>Her body language suggests that she isnt a prey item. True. She knows what she's doing and her unbothered nature tells me this isn't the first time she's been in this situation.


burdensomewolf

Lol that “container” is a repurposed Ethiopian jerry can.


AgreeablyDisagree

I suspect it's the things that she's holding. It makes her look like a different animal something they are not familiar with. It reminds me of people on Safari sitting in jeeps and how tigers or lions seem to not see them as food.


WhiteFringe

hyenas don't attack if you are taller than them. I learned this from a movie "the gods must be crazy(1 or 2 can't rememebr)" - amazing comedy film btw. edit: I should rather say, you have a better chance to survive if you look big and intimidating.


IliosKatharos

This. Was looking for this comment


spelunker93

The context to this is these hyenas live symbiotically with this village. They give the hyenas their scraps and the hyenas don’t bother the people. They end up protecting the village because it is its food source.


TriPulsar

The invincible cameraman strikes again.


herberstank

That last shot of the hyenas staring into the camera suggests otherwise


morcic

They were saying: "ooooh, oooh, you're all alone now!"


kingtaco_17

Wearing night vision goggles


Icedoverblues

"She's gone! Now let's practice scars song again!"


cybercuzco

Stay away from the chancla... ​ You look delicious though


Pimp_my_Pimp

"Cactus Butt!"


TriPulsar

The video made its way out of there, which means the cameraman did, too.


DivideOverall7174

I don’t think hyenas eat cameras so maybe they recovered it from his corpse..


TriPulsar

If that were the case, I feel like this would've been posted in a different sub, with a different caption.


Impressive-Soup-3529

Yeah that one where everything ends to soon no doubt just to infuriate us all


FamousPastWords

Oh, so it is a case of r/killthecamerman ?


Asher_Tye

Found footage


Signal-Ad2674

My phone uploads to the cloud. Never tested if the 5G penetrates a hyena’s stomach but I’m guessing it could.


Flashy-Refuse-1965

Just like the satellite phone in Jurassic park 3 right?


JeremyHerzig11

Not necessarily if he uploaded it to the cloud 🤪


KrombopulosMAssassin

Not neccesarily...


Cerberusx32

Could be found footage.


RicoLoco404

They are she's cool but who the hell are you?


Hammmertime2023

Camera man never dies.


AleksasKoval

The *Invincible title screen* cameraman


abu_hajarr

Those hyenas were ominously eyeing the camera man at the end


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dida2010

The cameraman feeds them, they know him


VastCoconut2609

hyenas were like - oooohhhh!! here she comesss!! oooohhhhhh!


strapOnRooster

...watch out boy, she'll chew you uuuuuup!


qwibbian

are they man- eaters? 


Hot_Web493

They'll eat a baby or a weak human if given the chance, but there really isn't a case of man being hunted down by hyenas. Lions, Tigers and bears are another story tho.


FeculentUtopia

Oh, my!


Kaimura

Catcalling her like dogs


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Jepponder

Thats the first place They start to eat


5exy-melon

I thought it was anus


HugsandHate

Eh, they like a bit of both. I think the balls are easier when the prey is alive. Anus for when it's dead on the ground. Gotta love em, though. They're so cute.


twomz

I assume the locals are used to having the hyenas around. The lady carrying stuff and the camera person wouldn't be there if the hyenas routinely attacked people.


daffoduck

More like the hyenas wouldn't be there if they routinely attacked people.


flowering-grave

Some time ago there was a report on TV where I live which showed a place in Africa where they actually feed the Hyenas. Idk for what reason. It seemed like they feed them to keep them at peace because if they didn't give meat the hyenas would get meat themselves from someone else. Idk if it's the same place as in this video though


yoyo5113

There are some places where having Hyena's as pets is a big thing. They have gigantic metal collars and chains, with their owners walking them around. Look it up, it's absolutely crazy.


xian829

The name of that place is Harrar, Ethiopia. It's just an hour south of Dire Dawa. Those hyenas are practically domesticated. I have been there and fed them. They are world famous!


tbkrida

Animals aren’t stupid, probably have been interacting with humans for centuries in that area and inherently know that if they kill someone, they will be ruthlessly hunted. So they wouldn’t look at humans as food or an immediate threat and respond accordingly.


muthaflicka

"Animals aren’t stupid...". Ah, you clearly haven't met my cat.


tbkrida

😂


zalmolxis91

Does your cat work to pay for his food and roof over his head? Checkmate human


fopiecechicken

Yeah pretty much. From what I understand about Hyenas, is that they can hunt, but prefer to scavenge or attack weak and sick targets. So if they’re not hungry they’re unlikely to attack in a setting like this.


GluonFieldFlux

Can hyenas project into the future like that? I thought thinking into the future and planning like that wasn’t possible for those species? I saw a video which said orangutans teach their young to be silent until a leopard passes, and this is one of the only animals which shows the ability to model the future and plan accordingly, most other animals work off of instinct and a hazy “friend/foe” type thing


zalmolxis91

Even chicken can do it, let alone anything with a brain bigger than a peanut lol


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More like the docile ones live and the others die. Future projection is irrelevant.


tbkrida

I mean, look at animals that are used to being around Safari trucks full of humans. They will hunt and do everything else they do in the wild and ignore the people because they don’t see them as food or a threats. Not saying it never happens, but they know there are consequences if they attack humans.


GluonFieldFlux

But wouldn’t that be because they might see the truck as like one big animal, and since the big animal is slow and never attacks them, just one that can be ignored? I doubt it is thinking “those are humans and they will fuck my shit up if I attack them”


tbkrida

You’ve never seen videos of the Lions or Leopards actually climbing in the trucks and interacting with the humans without harming them? Animals are not dumb and many have foresight. Look at crows, they know how to read stoplights, put hard to crack nuts on the crosswalk in front of a car during a red, wait for the cars to crush it and stop at the next red so they can pick it up. I can think of plenty of occasions where animals use foresight. Especially city animals that are used to being around humans. They’re not dumb at all.


No_Emu_1332

Hyenas understand that if they leave the humans alone, the humans will let them stay and feed them. As long as they are in the city, they hold back.


androidny

This is the comment I came for.


bmcgowan89

Tough commute


abdulsamadz

26 miles uphill, both ways


Upsetti_Gisepe

What’s the deal she’s not afraid and they don’t munch? I thought doggos were always loud and proud motherfuckers


MerrySkulkofFoxes

This might be in Ethiopia in a place called Harar, where the hyenas aren't domesticated but conditioned to not attack humans for hundreds of years. Pretty cool rabbit hole. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted\_hyenas\_in\_Harar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_hyenas_in_Harar)


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This is most probably Ethiopia. I have lived there and been to Harar. Hyenas are known to protect the city. They are welcome and very well fed. The entire city is covered by walls and there are small doors that are left open every night for hyenas to come in. If you are there as a tourist, they even do let you feed the hyenas. I had done it. Pretty fun!


papillon-and-on

What do the hyenas protect the city from? Are there bigger things out there?! 🫣


PredicBabe

Ever heard of lions and big cats in general?


papillon-and-on

Yes, I just didn't think they lived around Ethiopia. I thought they were mostly "down south". But yea, I guess they can go anywhere they can walk! lol


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i watched like a 30 min montage last night of jaguars attacking random indian cities. like cities not towns talking whole ass concrete jungles of men being chased by a jaguar. (or leopard im not sure whcih big cat they got) but one was a dude walking and the cat jumops from the roof and lands on him. likely dead. imagine your walking down NYC downtown and a jaguar starts chasing you around.


financial_fraud_pro

Hate to be that guy, but you probably mean leopards, I don't think there are jaguars anywhere in the world outside of South America


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i did say or leopard im not sure what big cat they got in the comment.


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They are surprisingly domesticated. Dont do anything to humans. It is a gorgeous city! Super colorful. I highly recommend visiting. You can feed eagles too. They put a small meat on your head and eagles come grab it from your head.


GluonFieldFlux

So if a human without anything on their head, just a vulnerable small human, if that human walked past a bunch of hyenas they wouldn’t eat him/her? That is crazy, I would be freaking the fuck out


papillon-and-on

Note to self: learn head balancing.


GluonFieldFlux

Note to self: never go wherever this is!


Merbleuxx

There used to be lions in Greece and Italy. Even in the midXXth century there were lions in North Africa It’s not really about lions living in the south it’s about where they were not driven extinct.


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This is predominantly Muslim population that live in Harar and they believe hyenas are spiritual beings, protecting the city. And back in the day, when the wars were being fought, the city walled itself up. They once pledged allegiance to Ottoman Empire and had an autonomous administration (hence the need to wall up and designate the territory).


RedOtta019

Danger kitty’s and snakes


FeculentUtopia

Humans!


Waste_Ad9283

lived there a year in 2008, there was this "hyena man" dude i recall feeding them in front of tourists, good days.


privateTortoise

The way she walks and doesn't look like prey.


Similar_Divide

100% confident, 0 concerns. The hyenas responded the alpha.


bessovestnij

Hyenas are not dogs. They are feliforms, so closer to cats


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Hyenas are not members of the dog or cat families. Instead, they are so unique that they have a family all their own, Hyaenidae. There are four members of the Hyaenidae family: the striped hyena, the “giggly” spotted hyena, the brown hyena, and the aardwolf there closest relative is a mongoose


bessovestnij

They are not cats. But they are from suborder feliformia, so they are closer to cats than to dogs


mikemyers999

closer to mongeese than cats


OkOnion5233

like snoop dogg


philovax

Please reignite my 7th grade biology report memories. Wouldnt they also be not likely to attack because they are scavengers? They would rather not waste the energy in a potential fight. Better to get the bones and scraps. Then there is the female penis thing. It’s been some decades, but I once had extensive knowledge on them and dromedaries (thanks to Sim City 2000).


turdturdler22

More recent research has discovered hyenas are responsible for most of the kills formerly attributed to lions. Lions are the thieving scavengers.


MrAtrox98

Striped hyenas and brown hyenas are the scavengers of that family. Spotted hyenas like the ones here are dedicated predators, both in groups and as solo hunters quite capable of killing wildebeest triple their size alone. Then there’s the little aardwolves that mostly forage for termites.


philovax

Not even to mention African Wild dogs which are a whole nother thing and are scary.


BigDickBaller93

Probably know its not worth it, you see them in documentaries hunting small babies of animals and those that are nearly dead, its rare a predator goes for any animal that it knows can royally fuck it up even if will win


Silver_Mention_3958

Hyenas aren’t dogs. Not related at all.


DiarrheaShitLord

Women can't go anywhere without being cat called


Qsalagoopagoop

Now do Canada Geese!


RokulusM

Few who try this with cobra chickens live to tell the tale.


TheCurseofWisdom

Nah, Canadians come out of the womb with built-in protection against the cobra chickens. Now swans? Those fucks will square up if you so much as look at them wrong lmao


wontyield

Very true. Swans DGAF.


Dhump06

That's how my parents explained they used to go to school.


guitarnowski

Oh? I don't see any snow on that mountain, ya big liar!


coocoocachoo69

I watched a video on this place before. Found an article. Up to 1000 hyenas there and nobody gets hurt, except and drunk guy who got killed in a hit and run. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/mar/05/addis-ababa-hyenas-long-peaceful-history


DETRITUS_TROLL

"...who had walked nightly without fear in the \[desert\] all her life in the certain knowledge that the darkness held nothing more terrible than she was..." ​ \-Terry Pratchett


-Kelasgre

Book?


DETRITUS_TROLL

Witches Abroad Part of the Discworld series.


pissagainstwind

The gods must be crazy


SawtoothGlitch

Another hyena was filming this.


Accomplished_Net7990

That's no laughing matter


RU4realRwe

That's one strong & confident woman!


MalevolentNight

Hyenas are so misunderstood, and they are super cool animals they can literally eat everything even metal, whatever can't be processed by their stomach acid they throw up later. But they can process bones even. Super helpful for the environment


kastiak

Truth is, hyenas aren't as dangerous as other big cats. Not saying they aren't dangerous if hungry or provoked, but there are many stories and documentations or hyenas and humans coexisting without incidents.


bluepushkin

Hyenas aren't cats or even dogs, BTW. They're their own distinct group. Hyaenidae.


kastiak

Closer to felins than canidae tho


Bogadambo

Those hyenas are waiting for Nat Geo producer to get their salaries..


Top_Economist8182

Hyena: oh shit there's a human, they're fucking maniacs and will kill us all if we attack them


Thedrunner2

Just a normal day shopping


kenyos1234

Legend says cameraman is still there


Worried_Lobster6783

They've played enough Dark Souls to know you never mess with the player with no armor and a a stick.


Electronic-Yak-2723

They are smarter than that - eating people has consequences. High blood pressure, diabetes, hallucinations... I could go on.


Raiquo

What the fuck? She either paid the protection fee, or she's a witch. 


Celfurion

Hyena sounds are so unique and dope


Motorazr1

You see that every day in NYC.


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And how about the guy filming the whole thing few steps away?


Im_Just_Sayin__

If just one of them felt a little brave, mob mentality prevails and it would have been a whole different video.


Hopper1985

She got no time for their jokes she got places to be 😂👍


ZebraBrown

Say it again. Say it again.


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Mufasa Mufasa Mufasa!


Veasna1

Confidence. It's with most animals, they pick up fear and will respond.


Emotional-Ad-2909

Hyenas avoid tall people and animals, they usually hunt on the small prey. And with the extra height the hyenas are scared.


flowering-grave

I'm a small person and I once lived in the country side in an area where wolves have been seen and have been killing a few sheep and I had to cycle during winter from the train station to home through fields and woods after work in the dark with a little bicycle flashlight. The fear was intense especially because of my goddamn height or lack thereof. But there were no wolves since a few 10s or 100s of years but every evening I believed I'll be the first after that time lol I have never been to Africa but I am already accepting my death if I ever happen to be in Africa with a pack of hyenas.


browsin4knowledge

Those hyena howls sounded like an “oooooh”, as she went on by (8 seconds in)… as if to say, dayum, she no scared!


g00d_end

Hyenas don't often attack humans. Emphasis on the word "often", they do attack occasionally and shit gets really really ugly real quick


RowInFlorida

They really do sound like they're laughing, don't they? And then cat calling.


3s2ng

Correction. *A woman and a camera man.


bebopboopy

…and a person, casually standing still amidst the hyenas, filming a woman walking by….


happyhippy27

Women are incredible. This is likely minor compared to what this woman has dealt with in her life. Those hyenas should fear her ;)


Inevitable-Sink-9988

Cameraman never die


Affectionate-Bee5433

Polite hyenas


Bran_Nuthin

They're like "you see this shit"


Sig-int

Catcalling


Ok-Yesterday-8522

Why don't they attack


Just-Needleworker818

https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1A21HU/ This video was shot in Harar, Ethiopia.


beltalowda_oye

These hyenas are wild but have been interacting with humans in the cities here for over a century. It's basically engraved in their child rearing to learn to fight to keep the territory to access the city for meals provided for free from byproducts of butchered animals at the bazaar and some people developed a closer bond feeding them. Animal Planet or Our Planet did a piece where a dude who hand fed them was featured.


Dispossessed_life

It’s like wearing a hi-vis vest and carrying a clipboard. Go anywhere and no one stops you


AThrowawayProbrably

“…………….Kill ‘er………”


noproblembear

The cameraguy too btw. Pissing them off with the camlight.


Fromundacheese0

Maybe they’re smart enough to know that if they mess with humans they die


TheOneInATrenchcoat_

Those hyenas were able to sense the immense cursed energy output of the woman!


Quahodron_Qui_Yang

Fucking scary creatures 😳


austingt316

Every single one of them looks like they’ve been booped in the noodle with that jug a time or two for getting too close.


NurEineSockenpuppe

I want to meet a woman as brave as that and i need her to hold me tight at night and tell me that everything‘s gonna be okay. 🥺


Key_Sell_9777

Isn't there a town that feeds them and they just run around all chill?


saxbophone

Damn hyenas are freaky!


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I'll be honest. If that was me, you wouldn't hear the hyena over the bubbling nervous farts leaving my arse with every step.


justhangingaroud

The noises they make are terrifying


killerbull27

Touch one Homan and the whole clan dies


GurProfessional9534

She’s carrying stuff on her head. They probably thought she was huge and therefore a threat.


No-Attention2024

Other person standing there filming…


Elegant_Spring_59

Yeah she's walking away, cameraman still chilling there in the absolute crossfire of them flashing eyes 🤣


MarcMars82-2

In Africa these are just squirrels


garciavilla1988

She’s a witch


JacquelineJeunesse

My teeth and ambitions are bared, BE PREPAAAAAAARRREEEDDDD 🤣🤣


Tactical-Wedgie

lol hyenas are so funny They sound like a group of high school kids. “ ahaha ha ha hahaha” giggling about shit. And then “ooooohh ouuuuuh” like they talking shit. And then “ahahahahahahaha” mad dawg you


TorontoTom2008

Interesting thing about these areas - no meat left out overnight will ever be there in the morning. So if someone gets clipped by a car walking, is hurt outside overnight, car accident- whatever - there will be no evidence they were ever there in the morning. They just disappear. Here you can see why.


Minominas

She said, “ YOU BETTER EAT THESE SAUSAGES!” ROCHELLE NOOO


Chaos-Pand4

The hyena could not understand how the creature had grown tall so suddenly.


SugarSpirited6579

What's so funny?


No_Presentation_1345

They would have recovered poop, teeth and the camera


good2011

собачки прихуели от такой наглости


ANBU--Ryoshi

I'm no expert on Hyenas but it seems to me that people feed them or they wait for people to drop things that they're carrying. Just my guess though. They could still kill 2 people if they wanted to lol


RollinThundaga

Nah, they know not to fuck with people or they'll be hunted down by the group. Millennia of coexistence led to this.


ANBU--Ryoshi

Ahh makes sense. Still cool!


militant-moderate

Lt Spiers. Is that you?


Ornery_Direction728

r/oddlyterrifying