In 1996 when I was in Ethiopia the first time I went to see and photograph this guy, who'd recently taken over from his late (but young) father:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2079781.stm The best bit about the article is this: 'He says it is a dying practice...'. I must say, it was one of the scariest things I've ever done, since there was nothing separating me from the hyenas, which passed within touching distance. They smell very bad indeed. But probably not half as bad as I did... B > On 8 Jan 2014, at 09:12, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 07/01/2014, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >> What happened to the old snake man? > > Exactly. I suspect the attrition rate amongst "snake men" is higher > than most of us would accept as a reasonable employment risk. > >> >>> On 7 Jan 2014, at 13:31, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> A small town just outside Canberra. The poster made me laugh. Can you >>> see why? >>> >>> http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5487/11813184734_3ec584fd9f.jpg >>> >>> Apologies for the crap and flickrness of it. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
