Hyenas are strange and remarkable animals. Up to now I have only seen (and visited) wild animals in the Zoo where at ease you can observe somehow how they behave! For the first time I was surrounded by hyenas not knowing there intentions, and totally misguided by their harmless baby-like sounds! So the only way to talk to the 'hyena man' himself was to sit down at the outskirts of Harer surrounded by about twenty wild animals!
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The first thing that did strike my attention was the respect they have for their elders ! The hole time I was sitting down next to Mr. Tico, 'the hyena man' all of them waiting in line until their mother first then their father, uncle and so on were fed !!! There was not a single fight always one animal approached to grab the peice of meat from Tico's mouth and when some was thrown at them, again when one of them got it the others backed of !
An other funny think was that Mr. Tico has given them names ! So each time he was calling Tika, Girgir. Shashagha, Dish etc. by their name (!) they slowly approached him for some more food! What a nice and interesting evening we had !
Sitting down comfortably and looking at the pictures, I can describe everything at ease, but at the time this picture on the left was taken, I was trying to find out the shortest route to our car !!!
All in all I must say that was a very exiting and interesting evening and a rare experience that I am sure one do not plan easily ! But it will be worth while on your next trip to Ethiopia and Harer, not to miss Mr. Tico the Hyena man !