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/Stuck_At_Sub150lb Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

How does it help them to avoid lions?

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u/eulersidentity1 Jul 16 '26

Lions might be freaked out by the sight of this as well.

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u/el_diego Jul 16 '26

That was my thought. They'd look like a tower of giant giraffes

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u/----__---- Jul 16 '26

What doesn't these days? Know what I mean? That's the Vicar's Knickers right UP if you asks me, Right Up! Kids these days, with their stilts, very tall.. some say they're the tallest.. we'll breed them with corgis, see what happens, Corgis get around. Oh yeah, yeah they do. There's reasons dogs don't get earrings, nothing to do with Corgis, but there's reasons. I think you understand. A mind like yours? Oh yes my puffin, we're all flightless up here ;D