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Came across this log moving 'upstream' at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. The tide was heading out but the log was moving in...and quickly too!
I remember helping a friend with his mangrove tree-climbing crab study in the adjacent mangrove some years ago where we had to wade in chest (and sometimes neck-) high to catch the tree-climbing crabs for measurements. Towards the end of an entire afternoon in the water stumbling over sunken dead trees... he casually passes the comment "oh, we haven't seen any today have we?" to another friend.
The friend replies "uh, no, not today."
Naturally, I ask.."seen any what?".
"Oh, never mind" was the quick answer.
"No really, seen any what?" I press on.
"Um, crocodiles"...this was followed by a pause and then laughter after they saw the worried look on my face.
I had wondered whether there had been any crocodiles in the waters then and shrugged it off as a good joke on me ... only to find out later that there had indeed been sightings of crocodiles in the reserve....and frequently too so much so that the crocs were treated as 'residents".
Go to Sungei Buloh yourself to see them!
Find out more about SBWR at these links :
http://www.sbwr.org.sg/
http://www.wildsingapore.com/places/sbwr.htm
P.s. Thank you Siva & Airani. Best joke on me for a long long time! :)
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