- [Mike] The Hadzabe are a small tribe
of hunter gatherers living by lake Eyasi in Tanzania.
They're are some of the last true hunter gatherers left
on planet earth and are under threat of disappearing.
There are only about 1,500 left.
About two months ago I was fortunate
to be able to spend 48 hours hunting with them.
This is exciting.
Go, go, go, go, go.
(hunter shouting)
It was all the excitement you'd expect.
Later, I returned to join them.
This time in a longer 72 hour hunting trek,
deeper in the African bush.
During this time
and right before raiding another baboon camp,
I asked Socolo, the leader of this tribe
of hunter gatherers,
what's the most important thing in life.
(speaking in foreign language)
- [Mike] Is it the baboons?
(speaking in foreign language)
- [Translator] Yeah. He saw baboons.
- [Mike] (laughing) Baboons over there?
(speaking in foreign language)
- [Translator] They go to sleep over there.
(speaking in foreign language)
- [Mike] (laughing) That's well, that's good.
(speaking in foreign language)
I ask, what happens after you die?
(speaking in foreign language)
The youngest hunter, Baboa joins us.
He wants to help clarify some of Socolo's answers,
starting with the importance of hydration.
(speaking in foreign language)
- [Mike] I asked, what was your happiest day?
(speaking in foreign language)
Now with Baboa here, I ask again what happens when you die?
(speaking in foreign language)
- [Mike] Do they believe that they see their ancestors
when they die? After?
(speaking in foreign language)
I asked Socolo, what's your greatest fear?
(speaking in foreign language)
(imitating lion roar)
(speaking in foreign language)
After dancing with black mambas in my other video,
I asked, well what about snakes?
(speaking in foreign language)
- [Translator] When the snake bite.
(speaking in foreign language)
- [Translator] Does the snake bite?
- [Mike] Wow. So this is a snake bite and they cut it after.
(speaking in foreign language)
What kind of snake bit him?
(speaking in foreign language)
He got bit by a black mamba?
- [Translator] Yeah.
- [Mike] He did?
- Yeah.
- [Mike] And this is the mark left
from a black mumble after.
Damn man, you're lucky.
Let's say you see a pretty girl. Yeah?
How does that work?
If you want to marry her, what do you have to do?
(speaking in foreign language)
This question gets a little lost in translation.
(speaking in foreign language)
I asked what is their biggest struggle?
(speaking in foreign language)
What do the stars and moon mean in the night sky?
(speaking in foreign language)
After seeing them catch and eat a bat, mongoose,
and a hornbill, I asked them if there's any animal
they don't eat.
(speaking in foreign language)
So I guess only hyenas are off the menu.
I ask if there's anything else.
Which again, is lost in translation.
(speaking in foreign language)
What do you think of city food?
(speaking in foreign language)
- [Translator] They don't like it.
(speaking in foreign language)
- [Translator] They don't trust it.
- [Mike] The tribe has about 15 dogs that help them hunt.
So I asked them, what do dogs mean to you?
(speaking in foreign language)
- [Mike] Thank you.
(speaking in foreign language)
About an hour later, myself and seven Hadzabe hunters,
raided the baboon camp that was next to ours.
(hunters shouting)
It was insanity.
This is crazy, man.
And it's coming up next week on the channel.
(imitating baboon sounds)
If you've missed the first episode,
make sure to go watch it.
But in the meantime,
I'll catch you next week for part two of hunting baboons
with the Hadzabe hunter gatherer tribe in Tanzania.
See you next week on Fearless and Far.
(upbeat music)