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This and That # 3

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

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January 20, 2021 No Comments

Tortoise and the Mouse Deer

The Tortoise and Mouse DeerTranslated by A.C. HaddonThe tortoise and the mouse deer agreed to steal from a neighbouring garden the fruit known as ‘buah mah”(rambutan in Malay). The mouse deer suggested that the tortoise should climb the tree whilst he would pick up the fruit. The tortoise did so

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January 20, 2021 No Comments

This and That # 5

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

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January 20, 2021 No Comments

Earless Monitor Lizard

Earless Monitor Lizard: Water or Land Reptile. The earless monitor lizard has been subject to endless debate about how to classify it. Some scientists think it should be thrown together with other land monitor lizards while others think it deserves its own family.Examination of the lizard began with Mr. Tom

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January 20, 2021 No Comments

Tree and Java Sparrows

Tree Sparrow Editors note: We thought we would fly out of 2020 and into 2021 leaving the guano behind The Tree Sparrow(Passer montanus) was first spotted in Sandakan in 1964, the next year in Kuching and in Brunei town in 1969-1970. No other bird has so swiftly and successfully populated

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January 20, 2021 No Comments

This and That # 6

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.

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January 20, 2021 No Comments

This and That #5

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)

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January 17, 2021 No Comments
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