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Where do crocodiles live that you can pet?

In the village of Sabu in the African state of Burkina Faso, there is a pond with "tame" sacred crocodiles. Locals feed them chicken, and they calmly allow them and tourists to pull their tails and sit on their backs.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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Who are the inhabitants of the rocks?

More than 1500 years ago in North America there was a tribe of Anasazi Indians who lived in dwellings dug into sheer cliffs. They lived in what is now called the "Four Corners" because the borders of the present-day states of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico meet there. The word "anasazi" in translation from the language of the Indians means "old people".

The Anasazi were the ancestors of the Pueblo Indians living today in the southwest of the North American continent. They were engaged in hunting, farming and gathering fruits. They lived in small villages in groups of 30-60 people who were relatives to each other. Later, they began to arrange large dwellings, consisting of rooms arranged in a straight or curved line. The name of such villages - "pueblo" - comes from the Spanish word, which means "village".

Many of the villages were built in the caves that abound on the high, sheer walls of the canyons. The Anasazi chose such rocks so that the entrances of the caves faced south, and therefore the inside of them was warm and dry even in winter. Between 1050 and 1500, these small villages began to grow and turned into entire cities.

Each such city was like a huge building. It sometimes consisted of several hundred rows of rooms, and consisted of up to four floors, each of which had terraces. The walls of the rooms were the walls of the cave itself. The ceilings were low, as were the doors leading out into the canyon, and supported by pillars. Each village had several public rooms, called "kiva", where the inhabitants of the caves held meetings and performed secret religious rites.

Kivas were located underground. At the top of the cliffs, the Anasazi arranged their watchtowers, in the walls of which narrow slots of loopholes cut through. The sentries who were in them with a loud cry warned of the approach of enemies, and the people working at the bottom of the canyon managed to climb the rocks and pull light ladders behind them. Without such ladders, the enemy could not capture even the smallest of the villages.

In addition to corn, beans, and gourds, the Anasazi grew cotton, which was used to weave ponchos, blankets, and bags. It is known that around the year 1300 they suddenly left their dwellings on the rocks and went south. However, the reason that made them do this is still unknown.

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