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In medieval fortification, a trou de loup (French for "wolf hole"; plural trous de loup, also commonly referred to as a tiger pit in the East) was a type of booby trap or defensive obstacle. Each trou de loup consisted of a conical pit about 2 m (6 ft 7 in) deep and 1.2 to 2 m (3 ft 11 in to 6 ft 7 in) wide at the top.
Pit for hunting wolves, near Hohenwart, Bavaria, Germany. Trapping pits are deep pits dug into the ground, or built from stone, in order to trap animals. European rock drawings and cave paintings reveal that bear, moose and wolf were hunted since the Stone Age using trapping pits.
Wile E. builds a Burmese tiger trap according to ACME instructions. The coyote hides behind a rock and, hearing something, dives in but instead gets a Burmese tiger. Wile E. has now constructed a massive pop-up grate in the middle of the road. It fails to block the Road Runner. He resumes the chase but is stopped at a railroad crossing.
The Hukawng Valley (Burmese: ဟူးကောင်းချိုင့်ဝှမ်း; also spelt Hukaung Valley) is an isolated valley in Myanmar, roughly 5,586 square miles (14,468 km 2) in area. It is located in Tanaing Township in the Myitkyina District of Kachin State in the northernmost part of the country.
Video shared with Reuters showed the villagers showing the stranded elephants where they've dug the escape route, before they attempted to climb on the steep slope on the side of the pit ...
Hukaung Valley Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in northern Myanmar, covering 17,373.57 km 2 (6,707.97 sq mi). It was established in 2004 and extended to its present size in 2010. It was established in 2004 and extended to its present size in 2010.
Ayeyarwady pit vipers can reach over 3 feet in length, the study said. They have “sharply” textured scales with an overall green coloring that varies in hue and pattern. Photos show several ...
They were often incorporated into various types of traps; for example, a camouflaged pit into which a soldier might fall (it would then be a trou de loup). Sometimes a pit would be dug with punji sticks in the sides pointing downward at an angle. A soldier stepping into the pit would find it impossible to remove their leg without doing severe ...