mulu is also home to groups of penan, one of the last remaining hunter and gatherer tribes in southeasttribal land has been lost to deforestation, so the vast majority now stay in settlements like this one. plucks instrument laughs i didn't expect you to do that. plucks instrument laughs ok, with the nose... laughs so these are flutes, right? whistles blowpipe? you make these? can you show me? ah, i see, so you drill it by hand, so many times... speaks own language that would be countless hours. like that? oh, yes, there we go. mike corey, blowpipe maker. blowpipes are the penan‘s traditional hunting weapon. they are loaded with darts, tipped with strong poison extracted from the bark of the local tajem tree. and you'd use one of these big ones? wow, it's, look, i'm about six feet tall, that would be 1.8 metres. ok, so we're here like this... and that one goes in the back. armed and dangerous. you first. safety off. sharp shooter! laughs i guarantee i will not... like this? like this. and then... 0k. he we go. hopefully there's some beginner's luck. i hit the target?! laughs further ins