All Creatures Great and Small # 26 Current research in Borneo Hey All: I have a few segments in caps and I don’t know how to get rid of them Please ignore. Tour Guides and Local Information. When tour guides tell visitors about how the natives use plants and other local features within the rainforest, […]
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Greetings! Happy Gawai to all. I am presenting these six old stories about the Mias and the people to celebrate the holiday. Six Mias (orangutan) Stories by Gaun anak Sureng Balin anak Salau accompanied by Sanjat anak Rayang went out hunting with guns to Bukit Menuku on the upper Mentu stream. As they walked that
Melanitis lida All Creatures Great and Small # 25 Fossil leaf The first fossil leaf study of Sarawak’s rainforest indicates the dominant tree form was the dipterocarps ( the trees that are there now) dated back 4 million years. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12949 New Species A new species has joined the Drop Tongue Plant (Schismatoglottideae). There are now
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All Creatures Great and Small # 24 Peat Peat exsists along the coastal areas of both Borneo and Sumatra. Peat is formed when conditions do not allow further plant material decay. During dry conditions, peat easily catches fire, and the fire causes further global warming. This paper studies how sea-level rise and climate change has
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Salam The Mouse Deer- Second Evening Old Abdullah picking his way homewards through the deep forest one evening at sundown by following the narrow winding Wild Beast tracks that criss-cross it in every direction but which to him were as familiar as our town streets to ourselves, had picked up a baby honey bear which
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Barclaya All Creatures Great and Small # 23 Gas and Oil A report from Petronas, the oil company for Malaysia, indicates that production of 5.0 thousands of gallons of oil per day is possible from the Brownfield Sarawak area. https://doi.org/10.2523/IPTC-22448-EA White Shrimp A disease affecting white shrimp being grown in Sarawak has concluded it attacks
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Flycatcher Plumage Resolved The plumage of the female and sub-adult Yellow-rumped Flycatcher, Narcissus Flycatcher, Green-backed Flycatcher (F. elisae) and Ryukyu Flycatcher (F. owstoni) has been resolved. Three species winter in Borneo while there is no information about the Ryukyu Flycatcher. BirdingASIA 36 (2021): 22–34 Leptospirosis This disease is on the increase in Sarawak. The current rapid test for leptospirosis did
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New Book Ian Douglas Water and the Rain Forest in Malaysia Borneo Hydrological Research at the Danum Valley Research Center Switzerland: Springer Nature Ecological Studies,362 p. 2022 e-book Euros 129; hardcover Euros 159.00 The book is a collection of scientific papers dealing with water at the Danum Valley research station. Book review later. Non-flying mammals This paper reviews
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Hornbills Hornbills are fruit-eating birds with eight species found in Sarawak. They include the Helmeted Hornbird,(critically endangered) Rhinocerous Hornbird, Black Hornbill, White-Crowned Hornbill, Wrinkled Hornbill, (threatened) the Oriental Pied Hornbill, the Bushy Crested Hornbill and Wreathed Hornbill.(least concern species). The Malay peninsula supports ten Hornbills. The “horn” on the bird is called a casque. Its
+ All things Bright and Beautiful #20 Borneohistory.net Arowana Three molecular markers were used to test two hypotheses on the origin of the fish. Three species were tested. The geographic origin was a better indicator than the colour. Two were located in the river drainage system of Sarawak, while the third was located in central
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