{"id":874,"date":"2012-03-27T21:21:50","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T21:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/?p=874"},"modified":"2012-07-02T21:46:07","modified_gmt":"2012-07-02T21:46:07","slug":"snake-eater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/snake-eater\/","title":{"rendered":"Snake Eater"},"content":{"rendered":"

The markhor is the national animal of Pakistan and was once believed to have the ability to kill and eat snakes.<\/p>\n

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They are also esteemed for their horns, which are believed to hold medicinal properties and are an attractive hunting target, prized for the challenge that accompanies stalking them in high mountainous terrains.<\/p>\n

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As Pygmalion carved his ivory statue on a pedastal, Markhors hold a prestigous place in their country. Unlike the realm of a greek myth, however, no manner of wishing or later sacrifices will restore life to the markhor if it becomes extinct. There are fewer than 2500 left.<\/p>\n

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-Christie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The markhor is the national animal of Pakistan and was once believed to have the ability to kill and eat snakes. They are also esteemed for their horns, which are believed to hold medicinal properties and are an attractive hunting target, prized for the challenge that accompanies stalking them in high mountainous terrains. As Pygmalion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-colour-pieces"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":967,"href":"https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874\/revisions\/967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}