Jelly Fish Processing There are three tools used by the fisherman. The seledok is a long handled scoop net. The penchangkok is like a rake with two sharp prongs on the edge of a long wooden pole while the belat is a long drift net. The season is from mid February to April and then […]
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Mammal and Human Migrations An important paper about the migration of mammals and humans was recently published by Julien Louys and Patrick Roberts of Australian National University in Nature. They state the forests of the early Pleistocene had given way to Savannah by the middle Pleistocene in the area between Malaya and Borneo. This led
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A Young Princess Who Married a Wild BeastOnce upon a time there was an old women who lived in the Pontianak region of Borneo. She was very poor. She was not able to farm padi but was able to gather fruits and vegetables and sold them to the Rajah. In return the Rajah gave her
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An occasional paper on current research aligned to Borneo New Spider Species A new species of spider has been made known to the western world. Aetius bicuspidatus sp. nov. (Araneae: Corinnidae) was found in the Lambir Hills National Park. It was based on the collection of male and female specimens. Acta Arachnologica, 69 (2): 105–108,
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This and That #5Sunda Clouded LeopardThe Sunda Clouded Leopard is the apex predator of Borneo yet little is known of its ecology reports the Journal of Threatened Taxa (vol. 12 No. 16). A ten year camera trap study revealed 11 individuals. (8 males, one female and two with unknown sex) Males remained in the area
