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Naturalist’s log book; the many flora and fauna we encounter during our excursions and more.
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LANGKAWI INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL BUBBLE
Visit Malaysia now with the 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐤𝐚𝐰𝐢 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐁𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞 for foreign tourists. To visit, visitors must book with a Malaysia tour operator, undergo PCR/RTK testing during the first seven days, and transit through particular ports of entry. Visitors can travel across…
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Resume operation Date: 16 June 2020
As we enter into this post post covid and recovery period, JungleWalla open for Operation and Tours on 16th June 2020. Please rest assure your and our staffs health and safety are our top most priority.
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Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) Closure
In line with Prime Minister's announcement on Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) restrictions from 18 March 2020 untill further notice from Malaysia Goverment. We thank you for your continuous support.
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The cuties of Langkawi
The Dusky leaf monkey or a spectacled langur (Trachypithecus obscurus) is one of Langkawi resident primates. This monkey has a dark grey fur, large circles ring on each eyes that giving the appearance like eyeglasses with a fur crowning its head,…
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The Ultimate Jurassic Plant (Cycad)
Cycads are an ancient group of seed plants survive to this modern day from the Triassic period. It is one of the rare plants that still survived over million years ago since the time of dinosaur. Although they looked like palms…
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Cicada Exoskeleton
A strange bug that is sitting motionless in the picture above actually is uses to be a part of cicada body. It is a exoskseleton of cicadas that called ‘exuviae’. Exoskeleton is one of the things that will remain behinds after…
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Brown-winged kingfisher
This brown-winged kingfisher is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae and mostly found in subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
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Long-tailed macaque
Long-tailed macaques are ecologically diverse and in Malaysia we can see a group of them in coastal lowland forests and the swamp forests.
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Colugo – hang in there!
My sister said she would be the best person to take care of them. She looked after a civet-cat before and the animal live, thrives and rehabilitated.
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Fiddler crab
Besides looked on mangroves plant, here also we can see few species of fauna that live in this mangrove regions. One of them is fiddler crab, which are small crustaceans with a distinctive claw.
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Mum and baby Colugo
At about 4 pm I received a called from The Datai villa manager, his staff found an injured "bat with a baby attach to it" at the beach villa. I asked how is the bat face look like?; a dog or…
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Mysterious Mangrove
Along the Kubang Badak river, we can see the mangrove forest, there are 3 types of common mangrove species we can see; Rhizophora sp., Avicennia sp., and also Sonneratia sp. Mangrove forest plants grow closer densely to each other and compete…
