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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular |
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Distribution - Poaching |
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Asian Rhino Species |
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Hunting by Semang tribe in Malaysia. The rhinoceros is obtained with yet greater ease. This animal is frequently found wallowing in marshy places, with its whole body immersed in the mud and only part of its head visible. The malays call such an animal 'badak tapa', or the 'recluse' rhino. Especially towards the close of the rainy season, they are said to seek places in which to bury themselves in this manner, and upon the dry weather setting in, through the powerful effect of the vertical sun, the mud which surrounds them forms a hard thick crust, in which the rhinoceros is embedded, and from which it cannot escape without some difficulty and exertion. The Semang then collect large quantities of combustible materials which they convey to the spot, and quietly apporaching, quickly build up over the animal an immense fire, which, being well fed with fresh fuel, soon completes his destruction and renders him in a fit state to make a meal of.
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Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula
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