More wildlife at Sungai Kinabatangan
This plant that looks like tapioka, but isn’t, is in fact very poisonous.
All the locals knew that, but nobody could tell me its name.
L: Island Rustic R: Grey Pansy
Holding on to the trees our guide kept his boat stable, so we could take pictures. This python wasn’t too pleased when he grabbed his branch and gave Ahmed the fright of his life.
Common Rose
A Ratsnake crossing the Menanggul River at night.
Proboscis monkeys
Big Papa with his ladies settling for the night. They come to sleep in the trees along the river, where they sit with their backs to the water.
His or her way of telling us to move on.
The Proboscis monkeys spend 16 hrs per day sleeping and the rest of the time filling their hugh stomachs with fruit and leaves.
Checking the greens.
The beautiful Lyssa Zampa is not a butterfly but a moth.
Thousands and thousands of bats leaving the Gomantong caves at the end of each day.
L: an insect eating bat and R: a Blackie
Orange Mapwing
Sungai Menanggul, a tributary of Sungai Kinabatangan
A regular, the Green Tree Lizard
Orang Utans
They are usually way up in the tall trees and hard to spot, but we got a glimps of this curious toddler.
This female happened to come down from her safe possie high up the tree when we
walked by. She carried a very small baby, of maybe 3 month old.
A speck of white in a sea of green: Triangle White (?)
The rivers were full of crocs, so no swimming. They were not very aggressive and only attacked people when they came to close to the nest. But that happened every year, mostly to plantation workers, wading through the swamps while trying to catch some fish.
We saw them mostly at night, their eyes reflecting our torches.
L: Blue Pansy R: Double Tailed Cupid
Gaja! Gaja! A Bornean pygmy elephant
L: Clipper R: Duke
Both very common in the lowland forests.
The Green tree lizard again, posing as usual.
The web of the Golden web spider is as impressive as the 10cm spider itself.
Water Hyacinths lining the lakes and rivers provide food for monkeys and hoppers, shelter for otters and crocodiles and a natural barrier for curious dinghy faring seagypsies.
One of many beetles
Pigtail Macaques
Bigger than their long tailed cousins, they are also stronger and can do a lot of damage to the trees. A local NGO provided a way for them to cross the water safely.
However, it makes the crocs go hungry!
They are very entertaining and not only have pig tails, but also pig ears and a very human stare.
Strict social rules determine their place in the group
A kind of bee, I think.
L: not many orchids in bloom this time of the year, but quite a few mangrove snakes house in the trees near the plantations.
The Psyche Butterfly or one of his 26 cousins
Leaf Monkeys (Langgur)
Living in small groups, we found grey and silver langgurs often around other primates, like gibbons and proboscis monkeys.
The hard to see insect is actually a very beutiful fly that we saw many times.
L: Bornean Mormon R: Malayan Zebra
I think. If not, anybody correct me, please!
A shy red leaf monkey that would not pose any longer.
Blue-banded Peacock
An explosion of new-born spiders of some sort
Other creepers, crawling on rotten wood and hairy hands.
The Tree nymph and the smaller Wood nymph were often seen at the oxbow lake.
Long-tailed Macaques
One happy family
Off by himself
Baby-sitting the cheeky juveniles must be the hardest job.
More insects, some with wings, some with legs, some curling in a ball when sensing danger.
Early morning raptor catches the fish
(Lesser Fish eagle)
L: Ginger Skipper R: Grass Yellow
Stick insect. The little dotted round spots are his eyes.
L: Black and White Helen R: Bush Orange
Water monitor lizard
L: Enormous beans, eaten only by Orang utans. R: a common black squirrel
Golden Web Spider
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