The Kinabantang River

The Kinabantang River

06-Jul-00 thru 07-Jul-00



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The Kinabantang River (sometimes spelled Kinabatang) is the second longest river in Borneo - and was home to a colony of Chinese that cane to harvest the swiftlet's nest for soup. Today it is one of the best places in Borneo for viewing wildlife - Proboscis Monkeys, Hornbills, Elephants, etc

The river

Sturm's stork

Greater coucal

Maroon languor

Flying leap

Heron

Water hyacinth in an Oxbow Lake

Leech!

(More on these later...)

Hammerhead worm

Mosquito sex

Either eggs or a fungus

Luminescent shrooms

Millipede

Spider

Cup shroom

SGK and fig root

World's biggest doodlebug

Millipede sex

Snail

Crocodile

White heron

Logging the rainforest to plant oil palms

Eagle

Wild orangutan

Elephant tracks

Elephant dung

Spitting black cobra