From Scandinavian Vikings pillaging British shores to African, Indian and Polynesian tribes, the same trend was seen around the world.
Though a man of few words, he radiates a calm and focus that unnerve the others, who are only interested in pillaging and looting.
The lemur, a furry primate that symbolises Madagascar's unique biodiversity, is under renewed threat from a "timber Mafia" pillaging the island's forests for profit.
The earthquake and particularly the pillaging that followed dented their pride in a country they believed to be largely law-abiding and well prepared to cope with natural disasters.
