A Trip To Pasir Ris Mangrove on the 29 July 2009

Hey everyone.. Wassup!!!

Today, we saw lots of thing and I enjoy every moment especially when we took pictures..


We saw this following animals at the mangrove :

• Halfbeak




• Tree Crawling Crab




• Tree Crawling Crab (there are redish but a bit bigger too in size)




• Kingfisher




• Tanimbar cockatoo (it eats pong pong)




• Monitor Lizard




• Mudskipper & Giant Mudskipper

I hope that we can go there again as I would like to learn more of the animals that live in the mangrove and their habitat and what they feed on. There are also different coloured crabs and one of the the mangrove crab is afraid of noise.. even the slightest noise made just like the mudskipper as their sense of hearing are very sharp. Crabs and mudskipper rarely like noises and will camouflage itself so that predator would not eat them....

ABOUT MUDSKIPPER :

• Mudskippers are members of the subfamily Oxudercinae (tribe Periophthalmini), within the family Gobiidae. They are completely amphibious fish, fish that can use its pectoral fins to "walk" on land.Being amphibious, they are uniquely adapted to intertidal habitats, unlike most fish in such habitats which survive the retreat of the tide by hiding under wet seaweed or in tidal pools.Mudskippers are quite active when out of water, feeding and interacting with one another, for example to defend their territories.
  They are found in tropical, subtropical and temperate regions, including the Indo-Pacific and the Atlantic coast of Africa.
  

ABOUT MONITOR LIZARD:

• Monitor lizards are generally large reptiles, although some can be as small as 12 centimetres in length. They have long necks, powerful tails and claws, and well-developed limbs. Most species are terrestrial, but arboreal and semi-aquatic monitors are also known. Almost all monitor lizards are carnivorous, although Varanus prasinus and Varanus olivaceus are also known to eat fruit. They are oviparous, laying from 7 to 37 eggs, which they often cover with soil or protect in a hollow tree stump.
  

Well for those out there I would like to recommend you to go to Pasir Ris Mangroves to learn more about nature and have a happy moment that I had enjoy with my friends..