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Semmangoh Orang Utan Sanctuary Open every day, it's best to get there before nine for the morning feeding session; they know you're coming and will slowly gather in their favourite places to see if there's any free food on offer ...... then as the Rangers put out the fruit, they will approach (in order of seniority!), getting closer every minute until they are sitting right beside you! Photos: Mike Rich
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I'm the King of the Jungle, man Also feeding in the afternoon, and some nice walks amongst the enormous forest trees. WildlifeOther wildlife includes long-tailed macaque, pig-tailed macaque, Bornean gibbon, two nocturnal primates namely western tarsier and slow loris and other mammals including Asian elephant and Sumatran rhinoceros. Hoofed mammals which are mainly active at night include wild cattle or Tembadau, bearded pig and four species of deer namely sambar, greater mouse-deer, barking deer and lesser mouse-deer which is also the world’s smallest hoofed mammal. Carnivores include the Malayan sun bear, the world’s smallest bear, four species of wild cat namely clouded leopard, which is the largest wild cat in Borneo, the leopard cat, marbled cat and flat-headed cat. Other small mammals include hairy-nosed otter, oriental small-clawed otter, smooth otter, Malay civet, common palm, small toothed palm, banded palm and moon rat. Reptiles include reticulated python, tortoise, freshwater terrapin, monitor lizard and crocodile. Birdlife
Among the 200 species found in the region are 8 species of hornbill (rhinoceros, helmeted, black, pied, wreathed, wrinkled, white crowned and bushy crested), oriental darter, several species of egret, Storm’s stork, Sunda ground cuckoo, stork billed kingfisher, brahminy kite, crested serpent eagle, greater coucal, red-crowned barbet, black and yellow broadbill, white-rumped shama, white-chested babbler, heron, hawk, osprey, falcon, pheasant, parakeet, buffy fish owl, frogmouth, nightjar, trogon, bee eater, roller, woodpecker, pitta, swallow, bulbul, forktail, warbler, flycatcher, flowerpecker, spiderhunter, drongo, oriole and crow. Some 27 species of bats and an estimated 2 million bats, mostly wrinkled-lipped bats roost in Mulu and Niah Caves. Among the famous inbabitants are four species of swiftlets namely white-nest swiftlet, black-nest swiftlet, mossy-nest swiftlet and white-bellied swiftlet. However only the first two species produce the coveted edible nests, which are made out of their saliva. A top grade white nest can fetch as much as US$4,000 per kilo in Hong Kong. |
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