First Children Encyclopedia

Southeast Asia

The Komodo dragon. It can grow to 3 m (10 ft) long.^47

Rice paddies

The wet climate is ideal for growing

rice. Farmers plant it in flooded fields

called paddies, which are sometimes

built like steps in the sides of hills.

A very rare kind of ape?

Orang-utans live only

in Borneo and Sumatra.

An animal with tusks that

grow through its face? The

babirusa is a kind of pig.

The world’s largest flower?

Rafflesia grows to nearly

a metre (3 feet) wide.

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Philippines

Tuna

Nutmeg

Babirusa

Komodo dragon

Vinta boats

Toraja house

Asmat

warrior

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Cebu

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