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All Creatures Great and Small # 42

Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us All Creatures Great and Small # 42 Brunei  The Indian civilization spread across the Malay society as a result of trade, invasion, and communication with the Indian people and traders. The Indianized kingdoms of Brunei were modelled after King

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August 8, 2023 No Comments

All Creatures Great and Small #41

Rat Tailed Orchid All Creatures Great and Small  #41 Orchids Rat Tail Orchid (P. labukensis) is an endangered orchid, threatened due to habitat fragmentation and overharvesting. It is found in restricted locations in the Labuk River Basin, Sabah. The plant is also known as the ‘rat-tailed’ orchid, as its leaves

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July 12, 2023 No Comments

All Creatures Great and Small # 40

All Creatures Great and Small # 40 Moth A new species of moth has been made known to science. The southern Kalimatan individual is dark on top with an orange crescent and light on the bottom of the wings. https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.62.12 Snapping Shrimp Three new species of snapping shrimp from Sarawak

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June 21, 2023 No Comments

All Creatures Great and Small # 39

All Creatures Great and Small #39 Imported Malaria Although most kinds of malaria have been eradicated in Sarawak, malaria, Plasmodium knowlesi, continues to be imported from other areas. Kapit, Sibu and Miri lead the way in cases because of workers returning from malaria-infested areas. DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13875  New Species A new species of shining

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May 13, 2023 No Comments

All Creatures Great and Small # 38

Kingfisher The Dulit Partridge The Dulit Partridge can only be confirmed in three sites in the Borneo Highlands. The last was in the 1930s. The specimens they have were collected between 1894-1902. Surveys are urgently required in this little-explored part of Sarawak. https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a8 The Sunda Sea Sundaland is the currently

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April 20, 2023 No Comments

All Creatures Great and Small #37

All Creatures Great and Small # 37 Crabs A new species of crab has been made known to science. The freshwater organism is from Sabah. Doi 10:1163/15685403.bja.10264 New Book A new book on the history of technology has an article on Nias Islanders and is available at doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22813-1 Collecting Collecting

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March 15, 2023 No Comments

All Creatures Great and Small # 36

All Creatures Great and Small # 36 Mt Kinabalu Mt. Kinabalu is studied from a cultural and spiritual significance as related to the Dusun and attempts to answer the question is relative today. International Journal of Culture and Tourism Research. Sacred Natural Sites in the Face of Global Changes: A

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February 23, 2023 No Comments

All Creatures Great and Small #35

Leaves of Pitcher Plants It is difficult to tell the various species of pitcher plants apart. Here, leaves help tell the differences of the nine species, one variety and three natural hybrids living in west Sarawak. https://doi.org/10.55230/mabjournal.v51i5.2339 Birds The current study was carried out in the Lower Montane Forest in

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January 25, 2023 No Comments

All Creatures Great and Small # 34

All Creatures Great and Small #34 Sun Bear The Sun Bear distribution outside protected areas in Sabah decreased by only 4%. Sun Bears seem to be resilient to forest degradation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-022-02503-9 Brooke and English Law When British subjects made land tenure arrangements with native authorities beyond Britain, they were understood

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December 29, 2022 No Comments

All Creatures Great and Small #33

All Creatures Great and Small #33 Ants A one-hectare of lowland forest in Brunei yielded 115 species of ants, of which 102 have been identified. No fewer than 24 of these are new records for Borneo. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31184/M00138908.1584.4153 Crocker Undersea Fan The Crocker undersea fan has good undersea gas and oil

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December 1, 2022 No Comments
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