Hyenas in Kruger National Park, South Africa. It seems they are looking for someone.
Silent Sunday – Which Way Did He Go?
Hyenas in Kruger National Park, South Africa. It seems they are looking for someone.
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I wouldn’t like it to be me!
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I hope the hyenas are full. It looks like the one on the right has a huge bone like a hind lag in its mouth.
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hopefully not you…
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It is fascinating the way the potentially dangerous animals totally ignore the human presence when they are in vehicles.
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maybe they associate the vehicle with a guy carrying a gun…
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It is puzzling. These animals should know little about guns since there is no hunting in the park.
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no hunting, but don’t the guides carry a gun for safety purposes?
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Guides do not have guns. To my knowledge the only guns in the park are carried by rhino poachers who operate mostly at night. The animals do not seem to be afraid of humans. They are often in close proximity with people and just totally ignore us. I wonder what they think of us.
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wow – I would have never guessed that the guides do not carry guns. Adds a bit more tension to the safari I would think. Sad to think of poachers out there. And yes, I wonder what those animals think of us humans…
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Being in a vehicle is the protection although lions and other predators could get in the open-sided safari vehicles if they wanted and elephants, rhinos and other animals could damage or destroy the vehicles.
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that’s what I would have thought; that’s why I am surprised that the guides don’t carry any protection…
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People lived in Kruger for thousands of years without guns or vehicles. Local tribes were displaced to make way for the national park. A guide that was trying to save someone by shooting an attacking animal would probably end up shooting the tourist. The predators and prey just ignored people so the vehicle seemed to be more than enough protection. Anyone who flaunts the rules and gets out is on their own.
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that’s great to hear; I’m all in favor of fewer guns. and yes, if you get out of the vehicle, all bets are off…
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There are a lot of ways to go. A couple of years ago a tourist was killed when another vehicle collided with a giraffe and it fell on and crushed the vehicle the tourist was in.
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wow – talk about a freak accident…
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I was in Kruger years ago and I was amazed that feeding lions didn’t pay any attention to the jeep. Perhaps it looks like a grazing animal that’s much bigger than them, but not threatening.
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Not threatening and not catchable. The animals have seen vehicles with people their whole lives. I guess they are just used to it but definitely not tame.
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Certainly not! It was an amazing experience being in their world.
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We are just flies on the wall to them. Thanks for reading and commenting. 😊
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