Archive for the ‘Wildlife’ Category
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
See yesterday's Guardian newspaper in the UK...
As I kayaked down the Mekong river, a couple of humps slunk out of the water about 10 metres ahead. Then a couple more to the left, and more to the right, before I finally realised that I was at the centre of a ...
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Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Letter from Jennifer Lee 05:55 AM Aug 10, 2010
ABOUT two weeks ago, a concerned Hong Kong citizen saw a Citibank (Hong Kong) promotion advertising discounted shark's fins.
Read the full article in today's Today Online.
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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Malaysia is renowned for its wonderful marine world and nearly half a million divers come here every year to admire some of the world’s most popular diving sites. The attention is fantastic as it helps raise awareness of some of the problems associated with global warming, yet on the other ...
Posted in Climate, Conservation, Diving, Malaysia, News, Responsible tourism, Scuba Diving, Southeast Asia, Wildlife | No Comments »
Monday, July 5th, 2010
More supreme diving. This is definitely the most extensive and superb diving I have yet discovered, and the topside is quite stunning too.
Max took me for a microlight flyover on the last day revealing a vast number of unspoiled islands, lagoons, sand banks, forests, etc. there are only a small ...
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Monday, June 21st, 2010
Started at the end of 2009 the Elephant Hills Elephant Experience is just that, a chance to get close to these amazing creatures, feel their thick skin and interact with them during one of our unique experiences. Chop, prepare and feed the elephants one of their daily feeds, learn about ...
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Friday, May 14th, 2010
The mystery of why thresher sharks have such huge tails has been solved.
For years, biologists have been unsure why thresher sharks uniquely sport tails that can grow as long as the shark's body.
Now video footage has confirmed their true function: thresher sharks use their huge tails to swat and stun ...
Posted in Diving, News, Philippines, Scuba Diving, Wildlife | 1 Comment »
Saturday, April 10th, 2010
The 2m-long reptile is a monitor lizard, the group to which the world's longest and largest lizards belong.
The monitor, described as spectacular by the scientists who found it, lives in forests covering the Sierra Madre mountains in the north of the country.
The striking reptile has bright yellow, blue and green ...
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
Two critically endangered vultures were released into the wild last week in Stoeung Treng's Siem Pang district after the birds were found poisoned earlier in the month.
The birds, one white-rumped vulture and one slender-billed vulture, were nursed back to health after 2 weeks at the Phnom Tama0 Wildelife Rescue Centre ...
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Saturday, February 13th, 2010
The Angkor Butterfly Centre (ABC) is an interactive butterfly exhibit located 25 km north of Siem Reap, home to Cambodia's famous Angkor Wat, on the road to the Landmine Museum and Bantey Srei temple.
The exhibit consists of a netted tropical garden with hundreds of free-flying butterflies, all of which are ...
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Saturday, January 9th, 2010
Jakarta, Indonesia – Camera traps deep in the Sumatran jungle have captured first-time images of a rare female tiger and her cubs, giving researchers unique insight into the elusive tiger’s behaviour. Read more on the WWF website on this story.
Posted in Conservation, Indonesia, Wildlife | No Comments »
