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Other names used by minority groups in the saola's range are lagiang , a ngao and xoong xor [9] In the press, saolas have been referred to as "Asian unicorns", [10] an appellation apparently due to its rarity and reported gentle nature, and perhaps because both the saola and the oryx have been linked with the unicorn.
In this account, a young Washoe warrior named Tahoe seeks to prove his bravery to win the hand of Nona, the chief's daughter. Unlike traditional versions, where the Ong is an unseen predator, this version describes Tahoe deliberately attracting it by praying on a cliffside. The Ong emerges from the lake and seizes him, lifting him into the air.
The historic Hawley Grade, an immigrant wagon road, now a hiking trail, is within the Dardanelles Roadless Area, as well as the watershed of Lake Tahoe's largest inflow, the Upper Truckee River. The Freel Roadless Area is named for Freel Peak, the highest point in both the Lake Tahoe Basin and the Carson Range. Freel Peak supports one of the ...
Their less than two-inch stature makes them easy to miss. But locals are finding the figurines seemingly everywhere.
Map of California's interconnected water system, including all eleven reservoirs over 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3) as well as selected smaller ones.. This is a list of the largest reservoirs, or man-made lakes, in the U.S. state of California.
A 107-year-old Chinese woman has left social media users stunned after revealing a massive horn growing from her forehead. Netizens have dubbed the growth a “longevity horn,” believing it ...
The Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District told the Reno Gazette Journal that the department was called to Heavenly Mountain Resort in South Lake Tahoe, California on Monday morning, and later ...
A kirin in Beijing – a mythological creature which has often been referred to as the "Chinese unicorn". The report attracted widespread international coverage for the apparently bizarre nature of the claim to have found a "unicorn lair", but subsequent reports suggested that the Korean terminology had been mistranslated.