Birds Nest Collectors Climbing Pole in Cave - Wood Plugs

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Birds Nest Collectors Climbing Pole in Cave - Wood Plugs

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Wooden pole hanging from the roof of a natural cave (Borneo).

Those poles are used by birds-nest collectors to climb and harvest the birds-nests. The poles are formed of several segments, connected together by wood plugs.

The wood they use is the very strong ironwood or belian (Eusideroxylon Zawargeri).

Date & GPS location
Photo taken on August 8, 2011
Taman Merbau, Bahagian Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia
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