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Khao Yai Images 9 images Created 5 Aug 2012

Khao Yai was Thailand's first national park established in 1962. In 2005, Khao Yai National Park was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of the rich diversity of plants found here - about 2,000 species give biodiversity a new meaning: towering trees draped in moss, epiphytes, strangling figs, drooping lianas and rattan palms, delicate ferns, multicolored lichens and an array of fungi.
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  • Suspension Bridge at Khao Yai National Park -  Khao Yai was Thailand's first national park. Today it is the second largest national park in Thailand.  With hundreds of species of birds, and wild deer and elephants roaming around. Khao Yai  was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005.
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  • Haew Suwat Waterfall runs over a 20 meter cliff into a large pool below. The waterfall structure is made up mainly of multiple layers of sandstone conglomerates with large beds of basalt.
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  • Khao Yai National Park Animal Life - Muntjacs, also known as Barking Deer and Mastreani Deer, are small deer of the genus Muntiacus. Muntjacs are the oldest known deer, appearing 15 to 35 million years ago, Males have short antlers which can regrow, and they tend to fight for territory with their tusks which are rather downward-pointing canine teeth.  Muntjacs are of great interest in evolutionary studies because of their dramatic chromosome variations and the recent discovery of several new species.
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  • The word mushroom describes a variety of gilled fungi with or without stems. The term is used even more generally to describe both the fleshy bodies of some Ascomycota and the woody or leathery fruiting bodies of some Basidiomycota
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  • Some 250 wild elephants roam Khao Yai National Park.   Other mammals include sambar deer, barking deer, bears, tigers, leopards, otters, gibbons and macaques. Khao Yai also has one of Thailand's largest group of hornbills, the great hornbill, wreathed hornbills, pied hornbill and brown hornbill.
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  • Among the world's greatest national parks, Khao Yai National Park is Thailand's oldest and most visited park and forest reserve. It covers 2168 square kilometers and is one of the largest monsoon forests in Asia, earning the park UNESCO World Heritage site status.
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  • Animal Spirit House at Khao Yai National Park - The purpose of the spirit house is to provide an appealing shelter for the spirits or celestial beings who would otherwise reside in the heavens, Find a place in large trees, or in caves, cliffs. waterfalls or other natural surroundings. According to folklore, the spirits themselves are either good or evil, but most are just finicky and mischievous, demanding respect from humans and capable of disastrous interferences if they don't get their way, The spirit of the land, for example. expects to be informed when a human intends to start a business or engage in improvements to an existing business. If the spirit is not informed, and if the human does not respectfully request permission, the spirit can indeed cause the venture to fail.
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  • Considered among the world's greatest national parks, Khao Yai National Park is the oldest in Thailand.  Khao Yai has one of the largest monsoon forests intact that remain in Asia - one of the main reasons it was named a Unesco World Heritage site.
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  • Hornbills Bucerotidae are a family of bird found in tropical and subtropical Asia and Africa. They are characterized by a long bill which is usually brightly colored and sometimes has a casque on the upper beak. Both the common English and the scientific name of the family refer to the shape of the bill. The birds are omnivorous, feeding on fruit and small animals.  Certain hornbill are threatened with extinction.
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