Minorities, living as primitive, hunted hippos and crocodiles to eat meat

El Molo is one of the world's smallest tribes, when there are less than 500 people left.

This tribe lives in northern Kenya of Africa. This is an extremely hot area, when the regular temperature is 45-50 degrees Celsius.

According to scientists, about 3,000 years ago, the El Molo tribe lived in the Great Lakes region. They live on hunting and farming.

However, when migrating to northern Africa, experiencing a dry environment, lack of arable land, they gave up their farming habits.

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Hunt for crocodiles to eat meat.

Although they are small tribes, they are extremely brave, because what they hunt for food is crocodiles and hippos, which are extremely fierce animals.

The hunting of crocodiles and hippos is the mission of healthy men of the tribe. Each time they defeat an animal, they divide it equally for everyone, enjoying the fruits together.

The men who participated in the hunt were given special bracelets and earrings by women of the tribe to demonstrate the power of these "warriors".

Hippo hunters and crocodiles are considered tribal heroes. They are the people who have brought life to this whole tribe.

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They have to go to the sea, taking their bodies as bait for alligators.

Hippopotamus and crocodile are not only delicious dishes of tribal residents, but it is also a delicious meat to treat guests.

Although hunting hippos and crocodiles is extremely dangerous, they do not use any modern means. Tools for hunting these two dangerous animals are extremely rudimentary.

El Molo people only use small rafts made of palm trees and homemade tubers to hunt crocodiles. They even swam to the river mouth, the sea front, using their bodies as bait for alligators. When alligators attack, they will use tuberculosis, hook to overpower the giant crocodile.

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When alligators attack, they will use tuberculosis, hook to overpower the giant crocodile.

However, in recent years, hippos and crocodiles have been listed as prohibited animals, so the El Molo tribe are not allowed to hunt these two animals freely.

However, El Molo residents still occasionally hunted these two animals, in addition to feeding and expressing beliefs. Therefore, every year there is still a certain number of hippos and crocodiles destroyed by this tribe.

Especially, this tribe does not receive civilized life. Although the Kenyan government tried to help them integrate into the community, it failed.

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They hunt hippos for meat.

They do not like to move to a place with fertile land for cultivation and animal husbandry, but prefer to live in arid land at this seaport to catch fish.

They live in very simple huts. The main material creates the leaf-leaf house. Bowl shaped architecture with a door.

Despite having a high protein diet, but lack of vegetables and calcium deficiency, the El Molo people are extremely small, deformed bone structure and body weight weighs only 30 - 45kg with a life span of only about 45 years .

Inbreeding marriage, plus illness, premature death are risks that El Molo tribe can disappear on this planet in the near future.