00809nam a22001097a 4500008004100000100002300041245013000064260002000194300003700214520042800251773002000679260109b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aAiyadurai, Ambika   aWhere myth meets muscle:  In the mist shrouded high hill of Arunachal Pradesh, an elusive mountain giant  fights for survival  aDown to Earth    a34(15), Dec 16-31. 2025: p.10-12  aIt’s the Salman Khan of our mountains,” said a young man from Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh when asked about the elusive Mishmi takin. I first heard about the creature as a student of wildlife sciences, and more often while travelling through the region, and was struck by how often local communities spoke of it with awe.- Reproduced 

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