Nigerian Warriors

[Emperah]

The next time you hear a thug talk about how hard he is or a rapper rhyme about how hood he is or a gangster talk about how he ain’t afraid of nothing… ask him if he’s ever been to Africa.

These Nigerian men catch and tame (well that’s a bit of an overstatement) wild Hyenas and keep them as pets. Warriors. Kinda makes your store bought Rottweiler look like a pink Poodle, or is it just me? Pieter Hugo is a South African based photographer that has captured some amazing things with his lens. Go take a look.





Look pan de size a de dyam hyena, discovery channel nuh duh dem justice at all


Don’t be skerd .

[diabolical_Tanya]

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my understanding is that the hyena is not a scary animal, dem run inna pack and fraidy fraidy on dem own...but I could be wrong

[Nanook]

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Wow. Amazing! Off I go to google, this is very cool. Thanks dahJah!

[Nanook]

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This is very fun! I ran across this...



But I also ran into this youtube so I'm listening on surround sound as I take a gander at the website photos here. Amazing stuff I never knew existed!

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The youtube concert is fun warrior viewing music...

I find the message interesting when they place the beasts between their legs.




This website as a whole is very interesting:

Pieter Hugo

[Emperah]

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mi wouldan raddah ha one a dem roun mi yaad den any nassy dawg enuh

dat even mek a rot wiler look like a wuss

[chitowngirl]

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disgusting!

<span style="font-style: italic">siddung wait pon di Hyena dem stawt chew di Nigerian face awf!</span>

[Suesumba]

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they're mostly muzzled. wah kine a warrior dem deh?

[Peasie]

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Some facts about hyenas:

<ul style="list-style-type: disc">[*]<span style="font-weight: bold">They are not dogs</span>. They are closely related to mongooses and civets. In fact, hyaenas are more <span style="font-weight: bold">closely related to cats</span> than to dog.[*]A unique feature of the hyaenids is the presence of anal pouches, which the animals evert to mark objects within their territories with <span style="font-weight: bold">odoriferous secretions</span>.[*]<span style="font-weight: bold">They are fast becoming extinct</span>. There was once hundreds of hyena species, now there are only four types of hyenas left on the earth.[*] The three species of bone-cracking hyaenas are characterized by massive jaws and large premolars and molars used to <span style="font-weight: bold">crush bone</span>. Those hyenas that are posed with the Nigerian &quot;warriors&quot; have the ability to crush bone.[/list]