Mysterious tribe of the world's smallest tribe specialized in catching crocodiles and hippos

With a population of less than 500 people, El Molo is one of the world's smallest tribes. This tribe survived by hunting. The special thing is they only hunt and eat meat 2 extremely dangerous animals are crocodiles and hippos .

El Molo tribe live in northern Kenya of Africa, the land is extremely hot. The temperature here is usually at 45-50 degrees C.

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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 abandoned their farming habits of hunting.

In tribes, hunting crocodiles and hippos is the duty of healthy men. They used only a small raft made of palm trees to swim to the river mouth, the sea front and use their own bodies as bait for alligators . When alligators attack, they will use tuberculosis, hook to overpower the giant crocodile.

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Hunt for crocodiles to eat meat.

Every time they defeat an animal, they divide it equally for everyone, enjoying the fruits together. This is also a special dish to entertain guests.

The hippopotamus and crocodile hunters are considered to be heroes of the tribe because they are the ones who brought the life to the whole tribe.

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" .

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

However, in recent years, hippopotamus and crocodiles are listed as prohibited animals, so the El Molo tribe are not allowed to hunt these two animals freely. They live by hunting fish.

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

Although the Kenyan government tried to help them integrate into the community, encouraging them to move to fertile land for cultivation and livestock but failed. They just like to live in arid lands in this seaport to catch fish.

They live in very simple huts. The main materials that make up the house are leaves. Bowl shaped architecture with a door.

Despite having a high protein diet, but lacking in vegetables, fruits and calcium deficiency, the El Molo are extremely small, deformed bone structure and body weight weighs only 30 - 45kg so the lifespan is only about 45 years old.

In addition to inbreeding marriage, plus illness, early death is the risk that El Molo tribe can disappear on this planet in the near future.