Time: July 6, 2016
"Dogs in the night roaming. Dogs in the night, rabid, foaming."- Jim Morrison/ The Doors
Out side the ancient city of Harar’s walls a strange symbiotic relationship takes place every night. For many decades every evening, wild hyenas come to a given spot to be fed by one of the locals meat scraps. Although completely wild, they have become used to this relationship for generations. When the locals discovered they could actually make money off of tourists by bringing them to this feeding, it became one more thing for travelers to see and do on their Ethiopian bucket list.
A few photos and a video below.
(The camera and video camera were shared by both Sherif and I. In the black of darkness, we did a horrible job of both, unable to see what we were doing, and the camera couldn't handle such low light situations. I think you will get the jist however.
Its a very strange feeling to have Africa's second largest predator on your back. Those claws and paws feel- primal.
A hyenas jaws have such and incredible bite force that they easily crush bones. They are the ultimate african scavenger.
I made sure my zipper was up.
The feeding master feeds the wild hyenas.
