Hyena Pet

Quasmo

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you suck at da linking

EDIT: You fixed it.

Looks fake. Check out the shadows. The shadow on the motorcycle in the background is on the ground almost parallel to the sun. The hyena and boy look as though they're a few degrees off.

After a second look I could be wrong.
 

Crono

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http://www.wearesites.com/Pers...Hyenas/spotted_faq.php

"Q: All this stuff has made me think about getting myself a pet hyena. Do you know where I can get one, and what they need in captivity?
(Try not to snicker: I've had four emails like this already.)
I do not recommend any wild animal as a pet, much less a carnivore, much less a large carnivore. More often than not, it ends up with the animal suffering terribly and even being killed, and sometimes with human beings being mauled or killed as well. (And think about the legal repercussions if a child reaches in through the fence to pet your hyena and gets bitten...) For these reasons, I will not tell you how to get a pet hyena. Please don't ask."
 
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I don't know... It seems like the guys on the motorcycles are looking at something. And the guy holding the leash looks badass enough to have a pet hyena.

I think I'll vote real.
 

GasX

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I have seen a whole series of photos of chained up hyenas. People definitely have them as pets, but I think it is limited only to African countries where you get an AK for your 5th birthday and have a 20% chance of living to 30.
 

BudAshes

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it looks fake from the angles of the shadows, but i could easily see it happening.
 

hanoverphist

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the photo doesnt have the tell tale signs of a chop, id say it was real. and the shadows are right, the perspective is just weird.look at the leg shadow of the hyena, it is the same angle as the truck in the background. the prob using the motorcycle as a reference is the guyis leaning forward and sideways, so he isnt giving a good straight shadow anyway. not a good reference point. id say it was real.
 

gsellis

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Originally posted by: Mwilding
I have seen a whole series of photos of chained up hyenas. People definitely have them as pets, but I think it is limited only to African countries where you get an AK for your 5th birthday and have a 20% chance of living to 30.
1% if you have a pet Hyena from the age of 5.

 

Josh

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Originally posted by: gsellis
Originally posted by: Mwilding
I have seen a whole series of photos of chained up hyenas. People definitely have them as pets, but I think it is limited only to African countries where you get an AK for your 5th birthday and have a 20% chance of living to 30.
1% if you have a pet Hyena from the age of 5.

Forget the hyenas...look at this guy:

http://www.michaelstevenson.co...o/images/nigeria15.jpg

All these rappers talking about being gangster...i bet none of them would try and take him 1 on 1.
 

maxster

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Originally posted by: Josh
Originally posted by: gsellis
Originally posted by: Mwilding
I have seen a whole series of photos of chained up hyenas. People definitely have them as pets, but I think it is limited only to African countries where you get an AK for your 5th birthday and have a 20% chance of living to 30.
1% if you have a pet Hyena from the age of 5.

Forget the hyenas...look at this guy:

http://www.michaelstevenson.co...o/images/nigeria15.jpg

All these rappers talking about being gangster...i bet none of them would try and take him 1 on 1.

heheheh he looks too badass. Like he got nothing to lose.
 

rivan

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If I ever muse here about moving to Nigeria, someone link this thread.
 

Saint Michael

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The chain he's got for a leash looks pretty damn heavy. What is he going to do with a pet hyena anyway? He doesn't look like an animal lover...