Animals in the road

In every road in Ethiopia, from the most urban six lane causeway to the single lane dirt road, you're bound to come across goats, donkeys, cows, horses, and every other mammel in the country. One of the tricks of driving is to know whether the animal is likely to scamper towards or away from the vehicle, the speed at which they'll move, and how to bisect a column of animals. I wonder if those subjects are covered in driver's ed.

Birhan let us in on a trick: donkeys have paid their fare, goats have not, and dogs want their change. So the donkeys have no concerns and aren't likely to yield - you need to go around. Goats flee like the car's on fire, or like they're racing away without paying for a ticket. And the dogs go chasing after the vehicles because they're owed some change.