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ORIENTAL DARTER
Purple heron is slim and elegant with purplish grey feathers. Typically solitary, quieter and less sociable than Grey Heron; perches on low trees and bushes, or seen motionless in shallows waiting for or stalking fish and other small animals.
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| Oriental Small-clawed Otter |
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Oriental Small-clawed Otter
The otter is carnivorous aquatic or marine mammal part of the family Mustlidae, which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, as well as other.The otter see playing with the proboscis monkey was adopted by the staff in LBPMS when we found her abandoned by the shore of riverside the day before the Tsunami Phenomenon in 2004.
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| Little Egret |
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Little Egret
Little Egret (Egretta Garzetta) Though the commonest local egret, it seldom occurs here in such big flocks as the Cattle Egret. These birds are found from coasts to inland fresh water of all types, but seldom seen in large aggregations. Guests can spot these birds from the observation platform situated in Bangakatan House.
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| Moroon Leaf Monkey |
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Maroon Leaf Monkey
Maroon Leaf Monkey (Presbytis Rubicunda) also known as the Red Leaf Monkey. Colour of coat is maroon. They are living in troop of 7 to 12.
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Silver langur (Presbytis Cristata) also known as the Silvered Leaf Monkey. Their heights are usually from 16 to 27 inches, weights are about 9 to 24 lbs. Female may give birth every 2 years. Gestation 6.5 to 7 months. Coat of newborn is yellow or orange in colour.
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| Labuk Bay Monkey Sanctuary | Newsflash 2
Visitors are able to bird-watch on the observation platform in Labuk Bay. Rare birds such as the Oriental Pied Hornbills are often spotted among the dense mangrove forest.
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Proboscis monkeys have large prominent noses. They have large, extended bellies, giving them the appearance of being permanently pregnant. The color of upper bodies of the monkeys are generally in pale grayish-yellow to reddish brown. The fur on their upper back tends to be darker while the lower section of their body re paler. Adult males have much larger nose than the female, the monkeys’ nose will swell and turns red when the monkey is excited or angry. Proboscis monkeys are also known as the “Dutchman Monkey”. Locals thought the monkeys and Kalimantan’s farmer colonial rulers.