Posted on 01/09/2005 6:36:38 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
In a rare meeting with outsiders, the men said all 250 members of the tribe escaped inland and were surviving on coconuts. Even though the Jarawas sometimes meet with local officials to receive government-funded supplies, the tribe is wary of visitors.
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Is this the same tribe that was shooting arrows at helicopters?
No, that was the Sentinelese.
Well, surviving on coconuts is a pretty unhealthy thing. If they were shooting arrows at aid helicopters, coconut diet would serve them just right.
The animals also escaped Inland. Perhaps we should all return to nature!
This article was too funny. I know it wasn't meant to be, but it really really was.
I agree. What a riot!
Well, these guys have been around for a long time.
Maybe they know what they're doing?
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"Even though the Jarawas sometimes meet with local officials to receive government-funded supplies..."
What a world - even the most remote savages are on welfare.
I read the article initially in the New York Post and I am guilty of a chuckle and smirk, too.
Fresh coconut is one of the most healthy things to eat. Coconut oil is better than hydrogenated oil and all that other artery clogging garbage in snack food.
When asked what they typically eat, Ashu said pork and fish killed with arrows. "And we like honey."
*** Well that won't make them popular with PETA.
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