Precautions taken by the Banna Tribe to protect themselves from poisonous snakes.
I'd like to get myself some of these cool walking devices for my walk home from work thru the city, to avoid the discarded needles laying about on the sidewalk.
Hands free!
I'll take the version I can step down off of in case of an emergency, mmkaythanks.
Plus it would take almost no extra effort to implement some kinda hooks / baskets on these puppies to accommodate carrying stuff.
Like puppies?
Yes. I will take all of them.
If bellbottoms make a comeback some short kings will be living new lives
Just getting some construction worker boots would probably be more practical, but if you prefer stilts there are options available.
Seattle checking in lol
San Fransisco?
discarded needles
Let's not forget about the human feces.
Or the piles of poop with needles poking out of them!
It's interesting seeing how different cultures in different parts of the world develop different solutions to the same problem.
Problem: Dangerous bitey things are on ground
Solution 1: Wrap biteable meaty bits in non-biteable stuff
Solution 2: Don't touch ground
The determining factor is (almost) always "how much of that (solution) stuff we got?"
Eat a lot of animals with a lot of skin? Make skin boots.
Have a lot of tall strong dry branches? Make tree boots.
Learn how to kill snakes effectively, snake boots
Be a cowboy? Snake in my boot.
Be a pilot? Snakes on a plane.
Be a weirdo? I’m a ssnakkkke.
Be a Roberts? Snakes with a Jake.
Be a Musician? Snake jazz
Plus it’s got to be more comfortable having your feet open to the air then in stuffy boots in the African heat!
At some point shielding becomes more effective against heat than ventilation. Like the bedouins wrapping themselves in fabric. Don't know if this applies to leather boots though.
she called it fluffy lmao
I don't know what's more fucked, the fact that four "professionals" couldn't find or remove the snake, the fact its been shitting in her car for weeks despite not feeding, or the fact she's WEARING WOOL WORK PANTS IN AUSTRALIAN HEAT.
Jesus. Fucking. Christ. Just sell the car at that point. The smell...🤮
It may have found a way in and out of the car, so it can go feed, then go back to its new condo.
The floor is lava masters
Solution 3: Get a guy to come to your island nation and eradicate all of them.
What a guy - an absolute saint
Maybe get a Pat on the back.
Only this is not a tool to deal with snakes, but a childhood tradition many African tribes have.
OP is simply misinforming you.
I had a feeling this was the case. It seemed highly impractical and excessive.
Reddit needs some sort of fact checker AI to keep misinformation from spreading.
Thank you. I read the title and got irrationally angry.
Solution 2.5: Fly
I have to wonder was the stilt design taken to the west for costume from this tribe? Or did they just invent two different solutions, two different times across and different part of the globe?
Covergent evolution at a guess. "Walk on sticks"/"have longer legs" is fairly easy to understand.
Most likely the second one. Multiple ancient civilizations used stilts (Rome, China, and Northern Europe, for example). It's hard to imagine any of them went all the way to Africa saw stilts, then went all the way back home to tell people about them. That trip would take a lifetime with their transportation technology.
Solution 4: Anti-venom and healthcare
Given the option of being biten and potentially surviving, or just not getting bitten at all, I think most would prefer to not go through the agony of a venomous bite, and go with a pogo stick or whatever.
But what do they do about the venomous ones?
Even taller stilts
A lot of people don't know this, but venom actually shortens stilts when injected, but poison will stilt maybe three or four for a bite out of it.
Haha did you ask because people get poisonous and venomous mixed up?
It is only more frustrating the more it happens. I'd have thought that after several decades of it being pointed out and memed on that the average person would understand the difference by now.
This presupposes that everyone is paying attention.
don't worry, i'm here now learning their is a difference, i feel..... ashamed haha
There* is a difference.
Sorry, I couldn't help myself!
In a lot of languages there's no distinction, which makes this a thing non native speakers may struggle with.
Anyone else read this as Banana Tribe? Had to do a double take.
I didn’t know it wasn’t banana tribe until I read your comment lol
I thought they were avoiding snakes and getting bananas.
I was looking for this lmao
Don't lick poisonous snakes or get bitten by venomous snakes, either!
Poisonous snakes? You literally just don't eat them and you're fine.
lol I was waiting for someone to correct OP with ‘venomous snakes’.
I was on my way, but as usual, y'all beat me to it.
Well, sometimes you just trip and a snake jumps into your mouth... at least that's what she said.
Can snakes even be poisonous? I've never heard of one that was specifically poisonous and not/in addition to venomous
Tiger keelback, and if a garter snake eats enough poisonous things they can be poisonous too. There might be others, I feel like there's some sea snakes that are too.
Sounds like b.s.
People that live daily with wild life actually understand they are rarely in danger.
Nobody puts themselves thru this kind of stupid hell over superstition from local pests/wildlife.
There is another story here, but not this one.
https://talesofafrica.org/banna-tribe-the-grace-of-the-stilt-walkers/
Here is the story - ceremonial
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It’s interesting how many bad takes we can get from watching a culture without understanding. For example I can picture future archaeologists analyzing a modern home and concluding that based upon a living room’s configuration, and the amount of space it takes in an average home, that we obviously worshipped the large flat screen on the wall as our god.
I dunno, sounds about right.
it's interesting how you assume that guy is right, when it's pointed out in the article itself that it WAS in fact to protect them original then turned into a ritual.
i guess that's what you get when you google the answer you want then just read the headline.
When she says she only dates guys that are over 6 ft tall.
I mean, couldn't they just resist the urge to eat the poisonous snakes? This seeks like overkill.
The kid is closer to the snakes. If that's far enough, then why do the adults have taller stilts?
I’m guessing he’s still learning to use the stilts so smaller ones are safer?
I'm guessing he just has bigger, balls.
Maybe the kids can't get onto the taller stilts.?
the stilts grow with the kid
Your stilts don't have to be taller than the highest-jumping snake, they only have to make you taller than the lowest kid.
Maybe just easier to get over obstacles and difficult terrain?
Longer stilts means a longer stride. They probably move faster with the longer ones.
Ahhhh good thinking there!
it's not just for venomous snakes. Also to avoid wild animal attacks and to help them navigate through dense forests and marshy landscapes of the lower Omo valley. It has become a binding part of their culture and expression of belonging to the tribe. I think it's beautiful and how freaking hard that would be to learn...rite of passage to adulthood.
to avoid wild animal attacks
It's all fun and games until a wild dog wants your stick.
I've used stilts before. They arent hard to learn at all.
That's genius! I wonder what they do for venomous snakes. /s
Is it just me or is the music extremely unsettling?.
Especially towards the end when the kids with face paint stare at the camera.
If by "extremely unsettling" you mean "stupid as hell," then yes.
Just wait til they see that video of that snake climbing a tree
Thanks OP for the misinformation.
These children walk the stilts for fun, yes, for fun.
It's a childhood tradition going back a long, long time and is common in many African tribes.
They do not walk with stilts because of snakes.
Change the title OP.
Venomous...
The small one is the bait?
Hopefully it also protects then from venomous ones too
i did this shit with my friends as a kid and not one anthropologist knocked on our door.
Venomous
Venomous*
Venomous snakes*
Unless they have an irresistible urge to eat poisonous animals, I think they should be fine
venomous**
There's like fewer than five snakes in the world that are poisonous. Frogs are poisonous, fish can be poisonous. Thanks have venom glands, they inject venom, they are venomous.
That’s a wasted effort. If the snakes are poisonous they simply need to not eat/drink them. This would be a good tactic to avoid venomous snakes though.
*Venomous Snakes (poisonous snakes imply they only harm you if you eat them)
2nd time seeing this shit, I'm going on a limb here to without even looking it up yet to assume these aren't just specifically for snakes at all and OP just wanted a somewhat interesting title.
Damn, didn't know snakes were poisonous. Guess I'll have to stop eating them now.
ahem venomous. I'll take my downvotes now.
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Venomous.... snakes are venomous ffs
Could work for graboids too
Ancient problems require ancient solutions
wow... while the asphalt is right over there...
Little guy in the front at the end got me. Get it, dude.
I like the little kid casually using stilts like a big boi
Typical drywallers
Snakes aren't poisonous.. they're venomous.
The contrast of the shortest child on stilts compared to the rest of the group made me laugh a little more than it should have.
The floor is lava
The floor is lavaaaaa!
Give those guys a bunch of Uncle Sam suits.
Each time I've seen this posted across different subs over the past 2 days the music has gotten worse and worse. Maybe that's why they have the stilts, so their heads are above the shitty noise you think is music.
If only they developed drywall for their huts
It'd be more interesting without the shitty music.
What happens when snakes start showing up with their own stilts?
the uprising has begun
These fools definitely wanna survive long enough to starve that’s for sure
They should have had some of these guys in the new mad Max movie
Must be annoying to do this on the side of the street. Like you get blisters on your feet’s from balancing on rough stilts all day while you see Karen drive by in her minivan throwing her half drank Starbucks out the window.
Dishonor3d, AT-AT
The drywallers are coming
Why do they wear white face?
Seems kinda mean also giving the shorter guys the shorter stilts too!
Wow, I can’t even walk in heels.
Or you know they could wear boots or fashion their own alternative instead
The snakes wouldn't cause my death. Being impaled on my stilts would though
Sees a giraffe once....
Are they things tiring to use?
Btw, this is not as easy as the video shows btw. Tried it once, failed miserably. Only manage to balance on it but not walking like they did in the video.
I feel like their stilts could be 3’ shorter and still be effective. How high up can a snake reach?
Imagine you're out in the desert, high af. Then a group of those mfs show up.
Drywall 101
What about sleeping?
Or maybe they just love the thing? I had some as a kid too and spent hours using it. I doubt snakes have much to do with it except of some anecdotal situation.
Adapt or die. 😎
I'd be dead either by the snake or trying to get my fat ass up on those stilts.......
I kniw which one goes down first
Think some type of boots/thick pants woulda worked. But I guess when you come across some sick ass straight sticks...
This is not for snakes . This is to enable seeing further the cattlestock they graze.
Lmao the little one is adorable!!
This is so dope
I’m dyslexic and read that as the banana tribe.
I remember seeing these guys in mad max: fury road
probably venomous ones too!
Why don’t they just not eat the snakes? Too hungry?
Venomous you buffoon
Awww the little kid on a mini walker 😂
Is this really only for avoid snakes? I feel like this would make walking further distances faster too?
Big respect to the banana tribe 🙌🏆
Why are they dodging imaginary snakes?
I like how the kiddo gets a smaller pair. So cute
*venomous
My parents have taught me that wearing long boots and stomping the ground when you think a snake is nearby is a good idea. Then again, there are no venomous snakes in Finland, and not alot of them are aggressive. Still, this is a pretty cool way to avoid snakes!
VENOMOUS!
V E N O M O U S
Could have used those guys on a job I worked a while back. Hanging drywall
No snake is poisonous
I accidentally read banana tribe
Stilt gang REPRESENT!!!!!
Factually incorrect: They are venomous not poisonous
When she won't date someone that isn't over 6 feet
can you imagine seeing this shit at night. straight monsters from a distance haha this is really cool!
I guess the kid with the short stick can die first
Protection against poisonous anything: simply do not eat it ( snakes are usually edible, there are multiple venomous species tho)
stick monsters
amazing!
I want to think that I am not racist but my brain let me read 'banana tribe' for a second and made me re-read the title...
99% of snakes are "venomous".. ftfy
I love how the stilts' length reflect the height of the person using them...lol That little dude toward the end of the video running on some twigs instead of stilts :D
Jez, how many snakes are there?!
Its so they can see their cow herds easier, not because of snakes.
I went through a stilt phase as a kid, they are kind of fun.
I just want these legs like "modern" type german engineering thingy
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