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Tere wrote:I bet you focus liao then quickly ran for cover while cam was on the POD.

I was a little shaken after the attack but it was quickly overwhelmed by the eagerness to shoot it. I did use the pod because it's on the ground and the lighting is kind of poor. Neat little bean bag.

dBs™ wrote:You are getting more adventurous ... please be double alert when you go on such trips.
I don't want to LOSE my pet so soon yet.

Don't worry, I won't go down so easily, I still got a website to finish. I went to explore a stream this time round, it was a rather fruitful trip as I observed several spots with crabs. I didn't manage finish exploring the place as the weather isn't exactly friendly, and it can be pretty dark in the woods on cloudy days.

A Johnson's freshwater crab.


An adult male Lowland Freshwater Crab.


Another one, though the shape of its carapace looks slightly different.


A small prawn caught in the stream.

Too long have I been away from the forest, I want to go back there but couldn't find time for it, let alone fishing. Just posting some pictures from a hike round the reservoir a long while back, hope there are no repeats.

A nice tranquil spot


I didn't know about freshwater mussels in our reservoir. I've been seeing quite a bit mussel shells on trails but never understood how they got there, now I do. Apparently, there are people harvesting these mussels and cooking/eating them on the spot.


A big mushroom, over 20cm in diameter!


A fishing spider(?) sitting on a fern by a small stream


A small spider with its meal, I got the white balance screwed up.

I video to share of what it looks like to be in our forest stream.

Once at sungei buloh i saw a huge number of tilapias, and within them there were some snakeheads swimming with them. is that natural?

Were the fishes you saw in a pond? Both species of fish can co-exist in natural and man-made environment, but more often seen together in a man-made environment which you can easily observe in botanical gardens. Tilapias are prey to snakeheads but they breed fast and are not always easy to chase.

yeah they were in a pond =)

i belive the snakehead are not hungry.

Haven't posted in this thread for awhile, I have some consolidated pictures to add from short hikes in the woods.

A cicada on my hand, giving me a good closeup.


A big millipede, about 15cm long!


Guess who?


A bug in the leaf litter.


Another millipede.


This one is a night hike, a big stick insect.


Forest walking catfish in the night.


A big water scorpion in a puddle.

woah?! u go forest trekking at night? isnt that dangerous?!
what a big mussel in the picture awesome!looks so yummy

Peace wrote:Were the fishes you saw in a pond? Both species of fish can co-exist in natural and man-made environment, but more often seen together in a man-made environment which you can easily observe in botanical gardens. Tilapias are prey to snakeheads but they breed fast and are not always easy to chase.

can we fish in botanical gardens?i saw there a few big tilapias and snakeheads...

It's pitch dark in the woods at night so you have be careful not to lost your way even if you have a flashlight with you. Botanical Gardens it's a no-no, that's where Nparks headquarter resides.

oh i see..i never went to a forest a night before..i think is quite scary and dangrous ..
too bad we cant fish at botanical gardens alot of snakeheads and tilapia aww and they are hungry too..

It's been a long time since I last shot some creepy crawlies, so here they are again.