| Title: |
Expeditie Apokajan: naar waranen en dajaks |
| Author(s): |
Piazzini, G. |
| Year published: |
1950 |
| Publisher: |
Amsterdam, Holland |
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- |
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pp. 1-223 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The Punans used to hunt the rhinoceros and trade with the Dajaks and then the Chinese. When the first rifles reached the interior of Borneo, the Dajaks no longer needed the Punans to hunt the rhinoceros: they could shoot them themselves. In a few years, the rhinoceros was exterminated almost co... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Poaching
Asian Rhino Species
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| Punans in Borneo. One of the Punans told me that they were unequalled in the hunt of the rhinoceros. When hunting, they were accompanied by a group of dogs. When these had seen a rhinoceros, they would not let go until it was killed. They would follow the animal for months in the forest. The... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The Punans often remember the time when game was more plentiful. They call it `the time of the rhinoceros.' One of them told proudly that he killed 13 of them when he was young. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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Asian Rhino Species
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| Punans in Borneo. One of the Punans told me that they were unequalled in the hunt of the rhinoceros. Not only almost everything of the rhinoceros is eaten, but it is also a valuable article for barter. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Value
Asian Rhino Species
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| Borneo. The Chinese use the rhinoceros as medicine, including its tail, hoofs, blood, horn and even the dung. |
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Expeditie Apokajan: naar waranen en dajaks
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