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Reference Base  Description du Royaume Thai ou Siam, comprenant la topogr... |
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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 |
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Pallegoix, J.B. |
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1854 |
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Paris, Mission de Siam |
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vol. 1, pp. 1-488 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Distribution - Poaching
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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 anima... |
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Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
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| These huge animals eat the thorns of the bamboo, which probaly only give them a light prickling sensation in the mouth. |
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| These huge animals eat the thorns of the bamboo, which probaly only give them a light prickling sensation in the mouth. |
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Value - Related to Horn
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| Many virtues are attributed to the horn, and even the hide, however thick and tough it is, is regarded as a delicacy and fortifies weak people. |
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| Thailand. Many virtues are attributed to the horn, and even the hide, however thick and tough it is, is regarded as a delicacy and fortifies weak people. The hide is grilled, then scraped together and cut into pieces, and then it is boiled with spices for a long time to make it into a gelatinou... |
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