Happy Birthday to Writhed Hornbill

11-04-2008

I trust your mum was able to find those Bulwer's pheasants you asked for...

Hope you had a great 14th!

What's this about a trip to Borneo?!

11-04-2008

That is in the summer; a trip to Borneo and Singapore.

Danum valley, Kinabatangan river, Kinabalu national park and Seligan island. Fingers crossed for storm's stork and Bulwer's pheasants!

11-04-2008

so you are making it to the Danum Valley then? Excellent. Re Bornean wildlife, if you weren't already aware, Tupaia longipes has been split from Tupaia glis (the mammal guide still has T. glis). And the best animal to look for at Kinabalu in my opinion has to be the foot-long Kinabalu giant leech so keep your eyes peeled (it eats earthworms, not people, so don't worry!)

12-04-2008

Yes we are going to danum valley!

My dad has been telling me all about the leech socks, so he'll be pleased to know about the giant ones!

I haven't got the mammal book yet, but I've got the bird and Reptile ones (I also got a book very similar to the reptile one about reptiles of Singapore and Peninsular malaysia)

12-04-2008

Hope you had a great birthday!! I'm looking forward to your reports from Borneo! I may have to borrow some books from the zoo library to know all of the animals you'll report on!!

12-04-2008

leech socks take care of the little brown terrestrial leeches just fine (DEET on the boots gives additional help!). The ones you need to take extra care about are the tiger leeches which wait in the bushes and drop onto you from above. They don't have an anaesthetic to go with their bite like the terrestrial leeches do, so they're pretty nasty critters. Best thing is to just keep in mind that they're actually harmless apart for a little blood loss. The mosquitoes, ticks, etc are the real worry.....

13-04-2008

Happy birthday, for your info my name is jonathan as well, Jonathan Yun-Xian law.

We share somethin happy b'day once again

13-04-2008

I have had a very bad leech experince i was hiking in a region called the mount dandenongs and i had so many leechs on my legs and arms! I've also gone to singapore zoo, family there!

16-04-2008

I've only had one leech in all my years of swimming in the goulbourn.

17-04-2008

Lucky, how big was it?

17-04-2008

I couldn't feel it and by the time i got out and my friend saw it on my back it was huge. I burnt it off with a lighter

17-04-2008

My were medium size worm like ones not so much like slugs. We got them of with cigarette burns.

17-04-2008

Mine had a sucker at each end and it was so full that the middle part was hanging down. In a "U" shape

18-04-2008

That's nasty but at least you only had one.