In India’s national forests where forest workers and tigers coexist, about five percent of the tiger population preys on humans. Tiger attacks dropped when workers began wearing Halloween masks on the backs of their heads, apparently facing both ways at once. Gradually, tigers adapted, and the ploy no longer works perfectly.
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What I remember most about Vietnam is the beauty of the country and the friendliness of the people, which is probably an odd thing to remember considering the circumstances then. For many of us who served there, it was a place we found hard to leave.
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Beating into that wind was about as much as the Mirage could do, and it took me quite a long time to work upwind far enough to turn about for the really wild ride. That turned out to be scarier than I’d expected, since the run took me west almost as fast as the waves, and when I rode the crests the waterline crept up to within an inch or two of the gunwales.
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