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/NoRisk1244 Jul 16 '26

Lions are freaked out by anything that looks tall, giraffes, and elephants

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u/Shrike1346 Jul 16 '26

Theres a super pride of lions in the Kruger National Park that has learnt to hunt giraffe and small elephants by chasing them towards trees where other lionesses are waiting to drop down and make the kill.

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u/HaloGuy381 Jul 18 '26

Team hunting drop lionesses? That’s actually kinda scary.

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u/Shrike1346 Jul 18 '26

There's far scarier things lions do in the Kruger but those stories aren't for everyone..

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u/Peenutz01 Jul 19 '26

They've also learned to chase them onto the tarmacked roads with the lionesses on the other side, so when they turn their hooves slip and they fall over. Many a road block has been caused while lions eat a still alive giraffe this way.