![Long-necked' women in Thai 'human zoos' hope to woo tourists at home in Myanmar | South China Morning Post Long-necked' women in Thai 'human zoos' hope to woo tourists at home in Myanmar | South China Morning Post](https://img.i-scmp.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=1098,format=auto/sites/default/files/styles/1200x800/public/images/methode/2016/04/20/33eef022-0614-11e6-99cd-3469e7fd8aa2_1280x720.jpg?itok=hiBtYmkO)
Long-necked' women in Thai 'human zoos' hope to woo tourists at home in Myanmar | South China Morning Post
![TIL the neck rings don't really stretch the neck, they push the shoulders and clavicles down to create the illusion of a longer neck, and removing them incorrectly may cause death because TIL the neck rings don't really stretch the neck, they push the shoulders and clavicles down to create the illusion of a longer neck, and removing them incorrectly may cause death because](https://external-preview.redd.it/wzyowgIS0KcMOrQRE71zrTPZvDoIEwYhLZhNlihQWD8.jpg?auto=webp&s=f18e151db0dbd20e4348a03bb86159356b678f31)
TIL the neck rings don't really stretch the neck, they push the shoulders and clavicles down to create the illusion of a longer neck, and removing them incorrectly may cause death because
![Pictured: The 'giraffe women' of eastern Burma who wear brass rings around their necks as a sign of beauty | Daily Mail Online Pictured: The 'giraffe women' of eastern Burma who wear brass rings around their necks as a sign of beauty | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/scaled/2014/04/21/article-2609467-1D3CE2E000000578-473_636x382.jpg)
Pictured: The 'giraffe women' of eastern Burma who wear brass rings around their necks as a sign of beauty | Daily Mail Online
![A man accompanies Padaung women wearing the traditional neck rings (Neck enlargement) : r/interestingasfuck A man accompanies Padaung women wearing the traditional neck rings (Neck enlargement) : r/interestingasfuck](https://preview.redd.it/3yij9jk2bix41.jpg?auto=webp&s=52501e8911017007cf5dfcebe3352c34a23e6760)
A man accompanies Padaung women wearing the traditional neck rings (Neck enlargement) : r/interestingasfuck
![Frozen in Time, Stuck in Place Inside the Controversial World of the Long Neck Kayan - Chiang Mai Citylife Frozen in Time, Stuck in Place Inside the Controversial World of the Long Neck Kayan - Chiang Mai Citylife](https://images.chiangmaicitylife.com/clg/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/longneck71.jpg?auto=format&fit=max&fm=jpg&q=45&w=419&s=5c5bc38d1d4ba274e61002dfda539d72)
Frozen in Time, Stuck in Place Inside the Controversial World of the Long Neck Kayan - Chiang Mai Citylife
![Photographer Dmytro Ghilitukha captures members of Kayan tribe 'stretch' their necks | Daily Mail Online Photographer Dmytro Ghilitukha captures members of Kayan tribe 'stretch' their necks | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/08/29/14/37AD54B300000578-3763475-He_did_in_fact_see_one_woman_who_had_removed_her_neck_rings_and_-a-10_1472478063373.jpg)