In addition to the rhinos, herds of elephants, Asiatic buffalo, and uncountable deer thrive on the grasslands, providing so much meat on the hoof that Kaziranga supports twice as many tigers per square mile as any other place on earth.

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Unlike many other peoples in history, the Hungarians have survived as a separate nation with an Asiatic language like no other in Europe, boxed in among the Germans, the Russians and the southern Slavs.

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An Asiatic "moon bear" is the first in the world to have a damaged gallbladder removed using keyhole surgery.

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Even the buildings' original names, such as the Baptist Publication Society Building and the former headquarters of Britain's Royal Asiatic Society, have been reinstated.

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Many had customised cars - usually made in the US - for hunting tigers, leopards and Asiatic lions in India's forests.

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Asiatic lions have been almost wiped out in India but conservation efforts by Gujarat during the last 50 years have saved them from extinction.

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