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> For decades poachers in Borneo's western forests focused on capturing orangutans and sun bears, but in the past few years a surge in demand for hornbill "Ivory" has pushed the avian species to the brink.
> "The demand for these luxury items is just going through the roof," Chris Shepherd, from wildlife trade watchdog TRAFFIC, told AFP."In Asia, it's really at a scale where species like the helmeted hornbill are just being completely decimated."
> The commercial trade of helmeted hornbills is prohibited by law in China and across its habitat zones in Southeast Asia: Thailand and Myanmar, as well as Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia - the three countries that share Borneo island.
> Adam Miller, of Pontianak-based conservation group Planet Indonesia, said the smuggling of hornbill ivory bore many similarities to the elephant ivory trade in its scale, criminality and sophistication.
> "There's a lot less people doing it just to survive. It's very much a gangster activity," he told AFP.Many traffickers are caught not just with hornbill ivory but a host of other exotic specimens.
> A man arrested in Hong Kong in May was carrying more than $1 million worth of ivory and hornbill casques, while two Malaysians detained in the United States in December were smuggling both hornbill and orangutan skulls.
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... keep reading on reddit โกKEMENTERIAN LUAR NEGERI PERSEKUTUAN NUSANTARA
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nusantara League
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Joko Widodo Building, Pancasila Quarter, Aikyampura, Republik Indonesia
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MFA Japan
Taipei, Taiwan
12.02.2042
Greetings to our friends and partners in Japan,
We come to you today humbly bearing gifts for His Imperial Majesty and Her Imperial Majesty: a carved hornbill ivory pendant and an ivory figurine of Vishnu riding Garuda, and a matched pair of Naga kris daggers. Hornbill ivory is impossibly rare and is illegal to procure, while carved ivory remains a prized artifact of Nusantaran culture. Kris daggers are sacred weapons and magical talismans, which are said to possess supernatural powers of protection and extraordinary abilities. These two daggers in particular bear an image of the Great Antaboga, the World-Serpent that brought forth our archipelago.
In return, we ask that you take the time to heed our words and ponder our meanings, so that we may continue our prosperous relationship as friends and partners.
Firstly, it is true that perhaps Nusantara is beginning to outgrow our shell, in forgoing neutrality for a different sort of deterrence. Your brightest minds have described us as tightrope walkers, teetering in midair, waiting to be tipped over by an errant gust of wind or momentary lapse of concentration. So too do our own, who have rightly pointed out that there are two Nusantaras each vying for dominance, and that this balancing act cannot go on forever.
As such, we come before you today to renegotiate the terms of our coexistence. Nusantara remains a strong and loyal ally to Japan, having [fought by your side](https:
... keep reading on reddit โกI don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"
Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies ๐
It really does, I swear!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
But thatโs comparing apples to oranges
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
but then I remembered it was ground this morning.
Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale
Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments
