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12th April 2008, 02:16 AM
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I can't help but keep looking at the size of the chain used.
 That size can tug a boat!!! Andrew is right, that is bigger than I thought. |
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12th April 2008, 03:25 AM
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I'll stick with me goldfish.
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12th April 2008, 03:59 AM
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12th April 2008, 12:37 PM
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Wow Bill, that was scary!
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12th April 2008, 01:22 PM
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Two lions like this killed and ate about 140 railroad workers trying to build a bridge through Kenya in the late 1800's. The story tells how they came at night and dragged workers sleeping by campfires out into the darkness. It is very unusual for males to hunt, especially together. Usually it is the lionesses that hunt in prides. The two almost maneless lions assumed mythical proportions, terrorizing workers and nearly stopped the building of the railroad bridge. They eluded traps and hunters, crept through man-made thorn barriers and seemed invincible. Finally in 1898 Col Patterson shot one and then, three weeks later, the other one. He had rugs made of their skins. Finally these were donated to the Field Museum. http://ezinearticles.com/?African-Li...savo&id=467243 My lion measures over nine feet from tip of nose to tip of tail. He was the last legally taken Tsavo lion (mid 1980's) in Africa before they became a protected species. |
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12th April 2008, 04:45 PM
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Tracy can terrorize MY railroad!
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13th April 2008, 10:05 PM
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The basket of my little doggie is near my collection. Till now, nobody was able to touch one without permission. :-) When the day comes that will happen, I will consider to take also a hyena or even a lion like you have. Kind regards, Maurice |
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14th April 2008, 12:14 AM
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Maurice, I'd rather face a stuffed lion than Denzel! |
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14th April 2008, 12:36 AM
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Now this is really scarey
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14th April 2008, 01:18 PM
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Well my kids said I must share their photo too
The scourge of the neighbourhood, funny, only the gas man has ever ventured into the yard unaided. The white boy stands about 5'10 now and loves the mail man ;-)
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12th April 2008, 06:02 PM
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13th April 2008, 08:51 PM
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Hyena's in Harar
Here a few photo's from Harar, Ethiopia of the Hyena man feeding his "pet" hyena's from the mouth and me with my daughter on my shoulders feeding one of the Hyena's. I was nervous but my daughter only interested in posing for the camera.
Best Regards Rod |
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14th April 2008, 05:32 PM
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Cool! When were you in Harar? I lived in Ethiopia in the early '80s, and it was closed to foreigners at the time. The Harar hyenas look smaller than the Nigerian ones. They must be a different sub-species.
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30th November 2008, 10:59 AM
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An update
I have been reading further about the Hyena men of Africa and recently found this link...
The link below makes for some very interesting reading. http://www.michaelstevenson.com/cont...ria_index2.htm Gav |
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30th November 2008, 03:34 PM
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Wow, I'm kinda suprised by this. Those are big Hyenas!
The one in the top pic is huge! I once saw a docu about the 'red' ones and the females have a hell of a time with the babies! The mother Hyena gave birth to the first one and by the time she'd cleaned it off, the second one was on the way and the first one was attacking it as it came out!! Not too bad obviously at that stage, but they are born with their eyes open and an almost insatiable appetite for confrontation. The poor mother when all the pups were a little older she was constantly breaking them up and stopping them fighting. I'm really suprised that out of their natural environment they are reasonably placid. These are a real apex predator, the same documentary had them trailing prides of Lions and waiting until they'd killed something big, then chasing them off and taking it. Very impressive creature, big, powerful, fast, and one of the most powerful bites of any animal. Very interesting thread. Great pictures! I'm not sure about them becoming the next thug 'must have pet', but at least they aren't being hunted to extinction. |
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