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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.…
Danger of Asian elephants – whether they are in musth or not
Asian elephants (Elaphas maximus) are smaller than their African cousins but not less dangerous when in musth. That danger was…
Australian Firesaws
Firesaws are nowadays only known as a traditional fire-making method on Pacific Islands. In Australia these methods were replaced by…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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,…
Finding True South in the Southern Hemisphere
The Southern Cross, or the Constellation of Crux, – as the name implies – is just visible in the Southern…
Mentawai forest huts
The Mentawai people at Siberut Island use forest huts (called Sapou by them) for various reasons and purposes. One is…
Carrying baskets of Mentawai people
Two types of carrying baskets were used during my stay with the Mentawai people at Buttui on Siberut Island. One,…
Boiling water in bamboo
Boiling water in green bamboo stems (‘culms’ would be the botanically correct term) is not a big skill, but it…