Benin safari photos.

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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:19 pm

Doing some safari research of the Parakou area in Benin, I came across these photos.
I don't need to say anymore, the photos speak for themselves... Laughing

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:50 pm

Those are great. That first and second picture are the best. That second one looks like he is on his way to building a TWAT pyramid.

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:17 pm

...I'm just wondering where they're going with the sheep on the first pic... and what they're about to do to it???...... poor sheep...

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:35 pm

How in the world did they ever convince a cow to stay seated in the back of a hatchback? Laughing

Baiting Guru Joined: 07 Jan 2007 Posts: 2922

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I wanna know how they got the cow in there in the first place!!! Shocked

They do love their Peugeot's though-i recall reading somewhere a few years ago that there was a spate of thefts of 505's in England and France purely to ship them to W.Africa.

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:55 pm

Fantastic photos Simba.

I am just wondering as the others are. How many people does it take to put a cow in the back of a car Laughing

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:59 pm

just one, walk him in through the side door and he'll crawl in there with help, they hate to step down that far though and getting him out of there isn't easy unless you can back it up to a ramp like thing. You can walk a cow up the stairs, but you'll have to slaughter him or use a crane to get her down Very Happy

Edit:
Great pictures Simba, already working on a plot to use them Very Happy

Trophy Videos · Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:02 pm

I'll bet those chickens are liking the ride, being tied together by their feet.
I'm sure it took awhile to load all them up! Laughing

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:41 pm

YeaWhatever wrote:

How in the world did they ever convince a cow to stay seated in the back of a hatchback? Laughing

Looks like the poor bloody thing hasn't got overhead space to get on its legs, to allow it to hop out. I'd really like to know how they got it into the vehicle backwards. Confused

Probably through the front window.

Not quite a Newb Joined: 23 Feb 2008 Posts: 36

Actually, it looks like the cow is kind of enjoying the drive.

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:15 am

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How in the world did they ever convince a cow to stay seated in the back of a hatchback?

Convince a cow to stay seated? There are two lads in that costume. Am I the ONLY one that spotted the zipper??

I wonder what party they're trying to crash.

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:25 am

Wonderful photos! Laughing

Those 505's certainly take a lot of punishment.

I have a photo I took in North Africa somewhere showing a bunch of camels in the back of a pickup. Vehicles certainly have a hard life out there, but the skills of the mechanics are awesome when you think about it. Most of them are equipped with little more that some old bits of junk and scrap metal and a big hammer to fashion a similar part!

Not quite a Newb Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 25

I have been told the roads are really bad in this part of the world and travel by road can be a slow process. I think you will find that this particular cow was only a small calf at the start of the trip.

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:50 pm

A colleague has just pointed something out to me that I hadn't noticed before.
In the blue car Z 2140, the one above the photo of the chickens on the roof, see if you can count how many heads can been seen through the rear window.... Laughing

Baiting Guru Joined: 07 Jan 2007 Posts: 2922

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I'm going for seven or eight...