Animals at Tiger Rock
~ 11 Jun 2010 (1073 days ago)
Tiger Rock is right in the middle of the jungle and people often assume that because we are, animals will be all over the place and it will be very easy to see them. However, in the rainforest, this is very much the opposite. Unlike in places like Africa, where animals are very visible on the grasslands, in the rainforest animals, just 'disappear'. Pangkor is a small island and so there are no big mammals living in the jungle here, despite rumours of black panther and bear. For us, this rumour was put to rest when we discovered that Pangkor is home to the binturong, the bear civet. Unfortunately we have no pictures of this creature except for photos we tok of one that we found killed on the side of the road by a car or passing motorbike. Th... more |