Saturday, January 06, 2007

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NARA (Part Two) Posted by Picasa

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Naughty deer shoplifting in Nara. This park is home to many famous temples and shrines and to about 1,200 deer, which in old times were considered to be messengers of the gods and today enjoy the status of national treasures. They roam the park and surrounding areas in search of hand-outs from tourists. You can buy special biscuits from vendors to feed the deer. This deer was trying to make off with a bag of these biscuits. Unfortunately for the deer the vendor had a large stick that she used to whack the deer and recover her expensive biscuits. Notice that the status of national treasures does not prevent the authorities was removing the antlers from all the bucks.  Posted by Picasa

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