We visited an orang utan reserve called the Sepilok Orang utan Reserve. This picture is a mama orang utan, with her baby, swinging to a mid-day meal.
During our six kilometer hike, we came across a green rainforest snake with a grey tail. We tried to make it go off somewhere else (so nobody else bothers it), and it used its great muscles to reach a high branch.
We noticed a lot of strange animals in Borneo, but nothing was as weird as this one. This is called a proboscis monkey. This is the only primate that has its nose sticking out from its head.
We usually think of crocodiles as green, brown, or grey. This crocodile, though, was tan with black spots. This was a great experience because this was a saltwater crocodile. The biggest kind of crocodile in the world.
This was yet another strange animal we saw on our trip. This is called the rhinoceros hornbill. We were lucky to see these because they are very rare.
Can you see it? This frog was almost impossible to find, but thanks to Garrett, we never would have left Borneo without a frog photo.
Wow! So wonderful that you're seeing all these animals, etc., in their own habitat. But can you visit a US zoo -- or Epcot Center -- ever again without noting the differences from "reality?"
ReplyDeleteCongrats to "Hawkeye" Garrett for spotting that frog. Whew! Love the bug on his nose -- AND you caught it. Looks like he's a magnet for the fauna as well as the natives.
Thanks for helping us "see" too, via your camera. (Were those YOUR photos of the cave + light shafts, etc.? -- WOW!! again!)