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Feeding times are 11 am and 3pm. Since we were there at around 12pm, most of the crocs were just lazing about lifelessly.
This one managed the effort to open it's mouth.
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The sign outside this one reads,
"Bujang Sudin. Male Estuarine/Saltwater crocodile (Crocodilus porosus). He is very dangerous to man and livestock.
Caught by the villagers of Kampung Gedong at Batang Sadong (Sadong river) in Simunian, Samarahan Division on 09 Sept, 1988."
Ah Wu turned on a tap outside the cage and the water splashed on Bujang Sudin's head.
The croc didn't look too happy, but all he did was glare and open his mouth a couple inches.
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The farm also had a couple of Arapaimas in the pond. They were maybe 6 feet long.
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I saw a piece of paper land in the pond and one of the Arapaimas gobbled it up.
I looked up to see Ah Wu quite pleased with himself.
I walked on a little and then saw a used drink packet being flung into the pond.
I walked back to tell him he didn't need to do all that littering when he noticed some dried bread had
been placed in small bowls conveniently around the pond, so he started to feed the fish that instead,
and I left him to it.
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The rest of the walkway took us to the back part of the farm where the rest of the crocodiles roamed - or rather lay about.
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A few more crocs across the pond.
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Not sure if there was a sign for these. They could be Cayman crocs.
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Ironically, the most detailed sign on any of the cages warned us of monkeys.
As I was taking the picture of this sign, I heard a rustling noise.
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Ah Wu had plucked out a small branch and was rattling the cage with it. Sure enough, the monkey came over to investigate.
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It promptly discovered that leaves weren't very tasty and lost interest.
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A group of school kids were entering the farm just as we were leaving.
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Some dragon fruit plants outside the croc farm.
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We had lunch at the small town of Siburan on the way back. See Ming visited the market and took these pictures.
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These chillis are super spicy. See Ming made the mistake of letting Max play with one.
The result was a good amount of panic, drama, tears, an emergency stop, an unscheduled bath, and
our cab driver wanting to confiscate the packet of chilli.
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When we got to Semenggoh Nature Reserve, Max was back to his old chirpy self and everyone was on speaking terms again.
See Ming promised to behave herself. As we paid for the tickets, the ranger warned us not to go too near the orang utans
as they are not like the tame ones you find at the zoo.
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The first orang utan we saw was Seduku. She's 38 and and had just given birth to this baby on the 4th of October.
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She didn't seem too shy and came right up to the reserve entrance to get her food.
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Naturally, she drew a big crowd.
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The other orang utans.
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This mother saw her child crossing the ropes and came halfway to meet her.
The child clambered onto her back and she carried her the rest of the way.
After taking these pictures, I turned around to discover See Ming and Max had disappeared.
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It turns out Max had gotten hold of a banana.
See Ming says he took it himself but since he was in the baby harness the whole time, I
figured he likely had a little help from an adult. In any case, the horrified park rangers
had asked them to leave the reserve grounds for their own safety.
It was time to go.
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