Trip to the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research: Creatures of the deep (and not so deep)

Previous: Civet cats, a Cobra and a dangerous sounding Stink Badger

I’m not even sure if the links all point to the right places any more.

Sad looking coastal birds.

Here are some creatures that live in the deep sea trenches. There’s a writeup here, I highlighted some of the interesting stuff in pink.

Semi-fossilized halves of a Giant Clam. That white thing beside it is not a pearl, it’s my sister’s waterbottle.

An Elongate Giant Clam and a small Octopus.

A fiberglass Indian Coelacanth. The classic living fossil fish.
Alex found a video of the live fish in action. Thanks, Alex!

Next up: Assorted small animals (or rather, some of the leftovers from my dismal attempts at categorizing them)

Trip to the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research: Civet cats, a cobra and a dangerous sounding Stink Badger

Previous: Gallery of taxidermised specimens pt II

I guess it’s pretty obvious I’m having my holiday now, that’s why I have the time to make posts like these.

Civet Cats. The Malaysian Civet and Common Palm Civet, and the Large Indian Civet. The Common Palm Civet and the Large Indian Civet can still be found in Singapore. I know this is starting to get old, but some people do eat these things. And did I mention they can spread SARS?

Adult King Cobra. King Cobras are native to Singapore. This guy was found beaten to death at the Island Country Club.

I couldn’t resist including this Stink Badger for the writeup. In case you can’t see it, it states: The black and white pelage of the stink badger, Mydaus javanensis, warns potential predators to stay away. Glands beneath its tail produce an extremely vile-smelling liquid. When disturbed, the badger squirts this liquid at its molester. People who got sprayed by a stink badger have been known to become violently sick, and have even tried to kill themselves.

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