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Water Monitor Lizard climbing a cocunut tree
While primarily aquatic, Asian water monitors are also adept climbers and use trees for foraging, escaping predators, and sometimes even as a means of jumping into water to evade danger. Below is a shot clip showing a water monitor lizard climbing a tree:
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1 month and 3 weeks ago.
Sunda Frogmouth - Series #2
This is the second time that a female Sunda Frogmouth (Batrachostomus cornutus) visited our family land to nest. The last visit was in 2009, see Borneo Frogmouth Owl Her mouth opens up when she feel threatened. See her chick under her chest? Another close-up. Perching on branch. Sunda Frogmouth...
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1st January 2022 11:44pm
Baby Swamp Eel
When my car porch got flooded, this snake-like creature came along. Probably it came from the nearby swamp. Not sure if it has tiny front legs as I did not inspect it closely.It looks like an Asian Swamp Eel (locally known as Belut).Could it be anAmphiuma or a Monopterus Albus?
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15th January 2021 2:07pm
Water Lizard - Biawak Air
Photo of a tropical monitor lizard. The specimen below is likely an Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator salvator).Monitor lizards, also known as biawak or goannas, genus Varanus, are members of the family Varanidae.Photo taken at Kem Permai, Kuching.
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23rd December 2010 11:11pm
Tropical Dove
Photo of a tropical dove relaxing during her morning sun-bath. The bird in the photo look like a Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopilia humeralis) or a Peaceful Dove (Geopelia striata).The photo is shot with 24x digital zoom, so the photo quality is not pleasing.
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5th December 2010 9:45am
Red Powder Puff Flower - Sensitive Briar
Close up photo of tropical red Powder Puff Flower or Sensitive Briar. On a closer look, Powder Puff flower look like a Mimosa Pudica flower.Calliandra haematocephala is a fast growing shrub that can grow tall but also spreads wide. If desired it can be kept smaller by trimming. Interesting enough the leaves...
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8th November 2010 11:38pm
Chilasa clytia butterfly
Chilasa clytia, a common tropical butterfly found in Borneo. If not for the gloomy weather, the photo shoot would be perfect. The Chilasa clytia was just perching still on a flower and the air was still. A steady shot but lighting was a let down.About a foot away in normal macro mode (not zero macro).I...
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25th October 2010 10:39pm
Dead Huntsman Spider
Photo of a dead Huntsman spider.Recommended reading:* Wasp spider of Borneo - Argiope bruennichi
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22nd October 2010 2:33pm
Borneo Red Ants
Red ants or fire ants from Borneo.The bodies of fire ants, like all insects' bodies, are broken up into three sections: the head, the thorax, and the abdomen, with three pairs of legs and a pair of antennae. Fire ants can be distinguished from other ants by their copper brown head and body with a darker...
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20th October 2010 9:52pm
Setora fletcheri slug caterpillar
Photo of a maroon spiky Setora fletcheri slug caterpillar. The slug caterpillar's decoration is not just for show. At any sign of danger, each cluster of spines blooms into a bristly sphere. Glands at the base of the spines produce venom rich in histamines--liquid peril for any would-be attacker.Setora...
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14th October 2010 12:30pm
Baccaurea angulata - Belimbing Merah
Baccaurea angulata is a tropical wild fruit indigenous to Borneo. Baccaurea angulata is also known locally as Belimbing Merah, Belimbing Bukit, Gerumin Bereh (Bidayuh), Tampoi Merah, Uchong (Iban) or Belimbing hutan.Elsewhere, this fruit is also called as Embaling (Sabah), Embaling bobou (Brunei) and Asem...
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12th October 2010 10:54pm
Yellow Black Polka Dot Caterpillar
A photo of tiny yellow caterpillar will black dots.Note: Photo was cropped.Recommended reading:* Photo collection of Tropical caterpillars
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6th October 2010 1:23am
Macadamia Integrifolia Nuts
I get to hold a box of Macadamia Integrifolia Nuts, freshly flown from Hawaii. Would you believe it? Macadamia Integrifolia Nuts in Malaysia. And no, the nuts will not be roasted but destined to a nursery. Hawaii is the largest producer of Macadamia nuts.Macadamia nuts (Macadamia integrifolia) are dry...
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4th October 2010 9:50pm
Agarwood Aquilaria Crassna Saplings
Young Agarwood saplings between 3 to 4 inches in height and about one month old. The Agarwood species is of Aquilaria crassna, a resinous heartwood, used for perfume and incense. The resin is produced by the tree in response to infection by a parasitic ascomycetous mould, Phaeoacremonium parasitica, a...
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2nd October 2010 1:13am
Kelpie and German Shepperd Puppy Faceoff
A local Kelpie faceoff with a German Shepperd puppy. Neither want to lose. The ancestors of the Kelpie were simply (black) dogs, called Colleys or Collies. The word "collie" has the same root as "coal" and "collier (ship)". Some of these collies were imported to Australia for stock work in the early 1800s,...
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30th September 2010 11:36pm
Blind Cat
Photo of a white blind cat. The blind cat belongs to my neighbor and they called the cat, Snowy. A blank stare. The cat use hearing to locate noises. Recommended viewing: * Orange Kitten * Two cats and a string * Newborn Kittens
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12th September 2010 1:10pm
Yellow Spiky Caterpillar - Series #20
A close up photo of a small pale yellow spiky caterpillar with an alien face (or is it Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle face), perched on a mango leave. This specimen look like my previous luminous green Euclea delphinii catepillar. Here's the YouTube video clip of the above caterpillar: Recommended...
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4th September 2010 1:05pm
Paper Wasp foraging Dimocarpus malesianus fruit flowers
Photo of Paper Wasp foraging among the Dimocarpus longan malesianus fruit flowers.
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5th August 2010 1:32am
Orange Kitten
Local orange kitten spotted escaping from her cage to take a sun bath. The orange kitten looks scruffy and she should be given a water bath instead. By the way, the kitten belongs to my neighbor. Recommended reading: * Newborn Kittens * Two cats and a string * Mix Breed Siamese Cats Napping
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4th August 2010 1:00am
Four-angled Bean Flower
Photos of four-angled bean (or a winged bean) flower. The Winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus), also known as the Goa bean (kacang botol in Malaysia) and Asparagus Pea and Winged Pea (Lotus tetragonolobus), is a tropical legume plant native to Papua New Guinea. It grows abundantly in hot, humid...
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3rd August 2010 1:40am