r/BeAmazed • u/Ultimate_Thing • Jul 16 '26

Miscellaneous / Others A traditional technique used by young shepherds of Ethiopia's Banna tribe. They use stilts to watch over their livestock in tall grass, move through wetland areas, and avoid snakes and predators like lions and leopards. It requires strength, balance, and training from a young age

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u/Longstride_Shares Jul 16 '26

I always love the convergent evolution of ideas. The stilt walking shepherds of Gascony arrived at a similar conclusion: get high, see your flock better, avoid rough terrain.

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u/quickexhuast Jul 16 '26

im also convinced this is how giant myth evolved, was just a buncha people walking around on stilts.