Why Do People Assume That Africa Has Wild Animals Roaming Around Everywhere?

I don’t have pet lion or cheetah,believe it or not.

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SRK_Rani_Jodi no 1 Had this To Say

Have they ever asked you how you came to the US or if you live in trees or if you have cars or if it’s true that we eat people and drink blood? My favorite is when a SOUTHERNER tell me that I have A FUNNY ACCENT. Now that is hilarious coming from someone who can’t make a basic grammatically correct sentence! You learn to take it in stride and have fun at their expense along the way. My favorite way of making them look stupid is when someone asks me how I came to the US. Some people actually believe that we swam the Atlantic to get here. If someone is annoying the heck out of you,drop the hint that you eat other people.They’d leave you ALONE FOREVER.One of my younger brother’s friiends was banned from coming to our house because we ate people.HOW THEY REACH THESE ABSURD CONCLUSIONS BAFFLE ME AND I’m called barbaric and stupid?
FozzieBe Had this To Say

The same reason the general public believes everything the believe in America – the media.
People don’t bother to think for themselves or find out if the things being said are true, they just listen to whatever the “idiot box” says and believe it 100%. Since they don’t see much from Africa except jungles and animals, that’s what they believe to be true.
Andrea M Had this To Say

Assumptions: the mother of all f-ups! They aren’t really interested or are uneducated about what goes on in our country.
Gertie Had this To Say

it doesnt??? wow that’s news to me…lol. no j/k because some people are dumb, uncultured, only care about the U.S. and they think that everywhere else is a third world country. plus the movies portray it that way like even on tomb raider in the scene when shes in africa it’s like that. people are just dumb that way.
Sharne Had this To Say

Because they are dumb!!! Im from South Africa and I went to school in America, and they saw a dog bite on my leg. I told them a lion bit me and they believed it! Thats how dim they are!
beauty&b Had this To Say

bcuz of the movie…the LION KING
va8326 Had this To Say

we watch too much tv and too many movies ….sorry
Porgie Had this To Say

I’ve always tried to educate others about South Africa. And I have lots of friends from America, Canada, Japan and Korea. All of them just know what they’ve seen on TV and that’s nature programs on SA.
I suggest you go along with the stories. It makes good conversation. I can talk about my pet lions and elephants for hours. It makes ‘em shut up about their boring countries.
Diezel Had this To Say

It’s a combination of ignorance and lack of knowlegde. However, it is very true that the media has a big negetive impact on this issue. It mentions only two things to the rest of the world about Africa: wildlife and porverty.
shoegode Had this To Say

People see better than they think.
FridayNi Had this To Say

Coz they seem to think that Africa is undeveloped, but at least Africans aren’t arrogant. They never seem to look at other countries (especially in Africa) other than their own. Believe it or not, here where I am in Australia the people in my school haven’t even heard of a place called South Africa! That’s really sad.
cmaeoliv Had this To Say

I DON’T THINK PEOPLE IS DUMB ITS WHAT THEY SEE ON TV> I DID TOO AT ONE TIME> BUT I HAVE A GREAT FRIEND OVER THERE< HES TEACHING ME PLUS I GET TO SEE THE CITYS ON LINE TO.
karkondr Had this To Say

You’ve been talking to alot of Americans, haven’t you?
dodoal00 Had this To Say

well things can get pretty dangerous in South Africa and perhaps that is one way of describing it…..!
lynda_is Had this To Say

That is what they see on television. It’s about the only information on Africa that is seen. Now where did you say you kept your pet lion? I want to stay away from it.
?D@t_bLa Had this To Say

i dont too,im from africa but you know they are in the wild forests and you only see like dogs,cats n chickens running about everywhere.but seriously,i know there arent any wild animals around there.i left africa tho cuz im not a citizen,i only went to stay for sm time like 12yrs(i know too long)its a very nice place if you get to leave in it.maybe its just because there are only shows bout animals on the television thats why americans believe that.
MeAmour Had this To Say

I know isnt it crazy what people think. I think it’s their lack of knowledge of other countries.
Sam_I_Am Had this To Say

good question, that is like when Americans think that ANY Canadian should know their friend Bill from Ontario, and that we all live in Igloos. It is called LACK OF EDUCATION AND TRAVEL and ignorance for that matter.
My mother always said to never assume.
sealion Had this To Say

i agree.
Also, people in egypt dont live in pyramids and ride camels to school.
And dont “walk like an egyptian”
ever.
feardorc Had this To Say

probably from the Tarzan movies. While ther are plenty of wild animals in many places, there are very nice cities inmany African countries
Pualilia Had this To Say

For the same reason that they assume people in Hawaii never wear shoes……
weareall Had this To Say

well the only REAL advertisement about africa we get in America is nature shows. We don”t get to se how it REALLY is. It’s the media’s fault.

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