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Small black snakes of Southern Africa
The small black snakes, which are found across Africa, are tricky to learn to identify.…
Collecting Pipi clams at Rawai Beach
Pipi clams (Donax deltoides) are also known as Surf clams, Sandy Donax, and a wide…
Bottom fish traps of the Urak Lawoi people
The following information was gathered from a Urak Lawoi man who has lived in the…
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Giant Fennel pith for transporting fire
While researching various bushcraft and survival topics, I constantly encounter inconsistencies and errors on reputable websites. Therefore, I have gotten…
Boiling water in bamboo
Boiling water in green bamboo stems (‘culms’ would be the botanically correct term) is not a big skill, but it…
Small black snakes of Southern Africa
The small black snakes, which are found across Africa, are tricky to learn to identify. The danger lies in the…
Catching mud crabs at Koh Lanta
Mud crabs are common in mangrove areas in Thailand. They are primarily caught in crab pots for commercial purposes. However,…
Bottom fish traps of the Urak Lawoi people
The following information was gathered from a Urak Lawoi man who has lived in the Rawai Beach Sea-Gypsy Village for…
Blowpipe hunting with Orang Asli people in Malaysia
Blowpipe hunting is still prevalent in many Orang Asli communities in Malaysia. Although the government strictly enforces hunting rules and…
Ambarella fruit in the Mekong Delta
Ambarella fruit (Spondias dulcis Parkinson; syn.: Spondias cytherea) is native to Melanesia and Polynesia and was introduced worldwide throughout the…
Collecting Pipi clams at Rawai Beach
Pipi clams (Donax deltoides) are also known as Surf clams, Sandy Donax, and a wide range of other common names.…
Stone huts at Mount Etna in Sicily
Stone huts on the northern side of Mount Etna in Sicily were built at least since pre-Hellenic times, around 4,000…
Determining cardinal points by trees
Determining cardinal points by trees in Southern African savannas (Southern Hemisphere) is a common method. It is useful in case…
Building a specialized fishing boat at Padang
In Indonesia, there exists a wide variety of traditional fishing boat designs. Most of them are variations of standard types,…
Giant Fennel stalk wood as building material
Giant Fennel (Ferula communis) is a common weed in Mediterranean countries and Central Asia. Except for one genetic variety in…
White Ginger Lily for cleaning hands
White Ginger Lily (Hedychium coronarium J. Koenig) belongs to the Zingiberaceae (Ginger) botanical family. Mentawai people use the crushed stem…
Red-tailed pipe snake
The ‘Red-tailed pipe snake’ (Cylindrophis ruffus) was recently renamed ‘Jodi’s pipe snake’ (Cylindrophis jodiae), which we are talking about here.…
