{"id":10983,"date":"2023-07-31T05:38:56","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T03:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/31\/can-3d-printed-tiger-teeth-help-save-our-rarest-animals-from-extinction\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T05:38:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T03:38:56","slug":"can-3d-printed-tiger-teeth-help-save-our-rarest-animals-from-extinction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/31\/can-3d-printed-tiger-teeth-help-save-our-rarest-animals-from-extinction\/","title":{"rendered":"Can 3D-printed tiger teeth help save our rarest animals from extinction?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indian tribal hunting endangers wildlife but now a startup making 3D replicas is giving teeth to conservation efforts<\/p>\n<p>In the lowland rainforests of Arunachal Pradesh in north-east India, tigers, clouded leopards, eagles and hornbills dot the landscape. The area is also home to the Nyishi community, the largest Indigenous tribe in the state, where the men traditionally don a <em>byopa<\/em>, an elaborate handwoven cane cap with the upper beak and casque of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/species\/22682453\/131870948\">great hornbill<\/a> attached to the top edge, and an eagle\u2019s claw at the back. They also wield a machete fitted either with the short, squat jaw of the clouded leopard or the much larger one of a tiger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tiger rules the jungle. The eagle rules the sky. Wearing their parts implies inhabiting their mighty spirit, protecting the people. It\u2019s a status symbol,\u201d says Nabam Bapu, an entrepreneur from the Nyishi tribe based in the state\u2019s Papum Pare district.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2023\/jul\/31\/can-3d-printed-tiger-teeth-help-save-rare-indian-animals-from-extinction-aoe\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/6caf20b8f7792db0e9cf9ff563efdfa0cb62e968\/0_85_1280_768\/master\/1280.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=59ee8aff833d0313b5b9333048b36c53\" title=\"Can 3D-printed tiger teeth help save our rarest animals from extinction?\" \/>Indian tribal hunting endangers wildlife but now a startup making 3D replicas is giving teeth to conservation efforts<br \/>\nIn the lowland rainforests of Arunachal Pradesh in north-east India, tigers, clouded leopards, eagles and hornbills dot the landscape. The area is also home to the Nyishi community, the largest Indigenous tribe in the state, where the men traditionally don a byopa, an elaborate handwoven cane cap with the upper beak and casque of a great hornbill attached to the top edge, and an eagle\u2019s claw at the back. They also wield a machete fitted either with the short, squat jaw of the clouded leopard or the much larger one of a tiger.<br \/>\n\u201cThe tiger rules the jungle. The eagle rules the sky. Wearing their parts implies inhabiting their mighty spirit, protecting the people. It\u2019s a status symbol,\u201d says Nabam Bapu, an entrepreneur from the Nyishi tribe based in the state\u2019s Papum Pare district. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian tribal hunting endangers wildlife but now a startup making 3D replicas is giving teeth to conservation efforts In the lowland rainforests of Arunachal Pradesh in north-east India, tigers, clouded leopards, eagles and hornbills dot the landscape. The area is also home to the Nyishi community, the largest Indigenous tribe in the state, where the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/31\/can-3d-printed-tiger-teeth-help-save-our-rarest-animals-from-extinction\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Can 3D-printed tiger teeth help save our rarest animals from extinction?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10983"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}