 Reference Base  Description du Royaume Thai ou Siam, comprenant la topogr... |
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Pallegoix, J.B., 1854. Description du Royaume Thai ou Siam, comprenant la topographie, histoire naturelle, moeurs et coutumes, legislation, commerce, industrie, langue, litterature, religion, annales des Thai et precis historique de la mission. Paris, Mission de Siam, vol. 1, pp. 1-488
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand |
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Distribution - Poaching |
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Asian Rhino Species |
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The inhabitants of the forests hunt the rhinoceros. Four to five men take solid bamboos of which the point is hardened in fire. They go into the places where the animal is found and by shouting and clapping of hands they try to make it leave their hiding places. When they see the furious animal, which opens and closes its mouth in succession, they start to point the ends of the bamboo sticks towards the mouth of the animal, and at the right time, they throw their weapon into the mouth and throat of the animal with surprising agility. They shake their weapons left and right. The animal dies with terrible convulsions.
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