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<title><![CDATA[Ctenus floweri]]></title>
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<description>Urban Forest:- <![CDATA[On a grass patch along Kent Ridge road, one of the Japanese students, Misaki found a large unknown spider of 5cm during one of the biodiversity workshops.  It was taken back and showed to the spider expert, David Court. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 23:00:39 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Upside Down Swimming]]></title>
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<description>Urban Forest:- <![CDATA[Perhaps it might not to others, but for noobish people like me it seems incredulous that horseshoe crabs actually swim upsidedown! And some of us were lucky enough to witness it during one of the coral spawning. Most of us thought that it was probably an injured or dead horseshoe crab floating face up on the water surface. Mr Lee scooped it up and the crab turned up to be a perfectly healthy one, because it was struggling so feriously on the boat.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 23:00:39 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['Snot a flatworm, it's a new jellyfish]]></title>
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<description>teamseagrass:- <![CDATA[TeamSeagrass note: Here's what you MAY find if you look closely at seagrasses!]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 22:57:14 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Praying Mantis]]></title>
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<description>Urban Forest:- <![CDATA[A little praying mantis flew onto my table just before I was preparing to retire for the day. In the end, in an attempt to take pictures of this marvellously wicked looking creature, I slept at 3.30am. It seemed similar to the one I caught last time, and I'm glad I have learnt better photography ethics since then, having enclosed it in a container previously...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 22:57:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chestnut-bellied Malkohas sunning]]></title>
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<description>Bird Ecology Study Group:- <![CDATA[“Chestnut-bellied Malkohas are considered uncommon, nationally near threatened, and globally near-threatened species, so it is with great luck that I was able to come across two birds in the same morning. I believe one of them was a female, however based on my fleeting observations of the two I am not able to tell.

“The morning [...]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 08:24:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Prof Peter Ng at P5 Science Day]]></title>
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<description>Raffles Museum news:- <![CDATA[The Museum was visited by about 130 Primary 5 students as part of the programme of P5 Science Day. But the best was definitely saved for the last - Prof Peter Ng, Director of RMBR, was invited to give a talk to the students.

And they were all excited and armed with paper and pen - waiting [...]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 05:25:36 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Acidic seas may kill 98% of the world's reefs by 2050]]></title>
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<description>The Biology Refugia:- <![CDATA[Last chance to see... the coral reefs? Aside from global warming, the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere increases the amount absorbed by the oceans, which act as one of the major buffers for atmospheric carbon. However, dissolved carbon dioxide dissociates into acidic carbonic acid, which erodes the carbonate skeletons and shells of corals and other animals. Loss of reefs will not only mean the loss of biodiversity but also a change in coastal dynamics, e.g. the buffering effect reefs have on storm surges.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 01:23:20 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Under protection?]]></title>
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<description>Labrador Park:- <![CDATA[Haven't been back to Labrador in a looooooong time and I realize how much I miss it...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 01:23:17 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More Dolphin Videos]]></title>
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<description>Urban Forest:- <![CDATA[More Pink Dolphin videos, at even closer range, taken by Angie. Pity that the resolution went down so much at youtube... But still, Enjoy!]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 22:59:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kranji Trail and Sungei Buloh Walk]]></title>
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<description>Urban Forest:- <![CDATA[Nearly couldnt wakeup today as I was so tired! Thanx to Juan for inviting me to join the trip and CH for organising. Tidechaser, Mantamola, July was also here. Also finally had the chance meet JT, thanks for the drive to Buloh and back :)]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 22:59:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Operation Baby Myna]]></title>
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<description>Urban Forest:- <![CDATA[This morning while working in the lab, I over heard Jani and Abby talking about the noisy mynas at outside the backdoor of our lab. We didn't particularly took notice to it, since it was such a common urban bird.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 22:59:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nesting of Common Iora]]></title>
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<description>Bird Ecology Study Group:- <![CDATA[&#8220;Noon is a bad time for birding - most birds would be hiding from the hot weather. However, I decided to go to the Japanese Gardens as I had not been there for a while. 
&#8220;A male Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia) was found sitting on its nest (left top). The nest was built at the [...]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 20:45:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Last Dive before Exams!]]></title>
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<description>Urban Forest:- <![CDATA[This is possibly one of my last dive in the lab, at least before the exams. This is the first time I actually had an UW camera where I can snap all I want! O... how regretful I am for missing all those chances. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:38:47 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ant mimicking crab spider @ Labrador Park by tchuanye]]></title>
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<description>Nature Spies:- <![CDATA[Ant mimicking crab spider]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 05:26:02 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wild Boar @ NTU by GriGri]]></title>
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<description>Nature Spies:- <![CDATA[http://forum.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=300618]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 05:26:02 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A family of Little Grebes]]></title>
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<description>Bird Ecology Study Group:- <![CDATA[The Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) was first recorded in 1992 at a pond in Punggol. By 1994 a few were noticed feeding and breeding across the Serangoon River. Since then the number has declined and by 2004 only two were left. By 1996 the number increased to 27 birds, helped by colonisation from nearby Malaysia. [...]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 21:42:16 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[This Snake Is Not So Elegant After All]]></title>
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<description>SLOG:- <![CDATA[We have been calling this beautiful snake the wrong name.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 18:44:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Bird and the Spider]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 11:54:14 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[House Swift nesting]]></title>
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<description>Bird Ecology Study Group:- <![CDATA[“Yesterday I noticed a group of four to five House Swifts (Apus affinis) circling in the airspace under an Mass Rapid Transit viaduct at around 0900 hours. The weather was fair. Two of them deviated from the circular trajectory at regular intervals to ascend towards, but not establish contact with, a nest glued under the [...]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 08:37:20 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[anyone seen a Humming Bird Moth?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 05:26:41 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dolphin Sighting!]]></title>
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<description>Urban Forest:- <![CDATA[Sorry for the super lag in posting! Anyway, yupz, the title said it all, pink dolphins are back again! Location, just at the St John's jetty, at least 8 in all.  This time, we managed to get pretty near them (5-10m?) and Angie caught some fantastic videos! ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 23:03:56 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dancing Crabs]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 23:03:56 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Aquatic life at BT]]></title>
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<description>Urban Forest:- <![CDATA[Went with Daniel in his honours project for his Johora singaporeansis project again, this time at BTNR. It was really filled with life! But had limited shots due to low batt and my failing old camera condition. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 23:03:56 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Seagrass-Watch Bulletin: Dugong Feeding Trails Galore!]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://teamseagrass.blogspot.com/2008/05/seagrass-watch-bulletin-dugong-feeding.html]]></link>
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<description>teamseagrass:- <![CDATA[March 2008 marked Seagrass-Watch’s 10th year!]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 23:03:56 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2 Feb is World Wetlands Day: Healthy Wetlands, Healthy People]]></title>
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<description>teamseagrass:- <![CDATA[World Wetlands Day  marks the date of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea. It is run by The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 23:03:56 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Seagrass Angels @ Labrador - "backposting"]]></title>
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<description>teamseagrass:- <![CDATA[Hi all!]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 23:03:56 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[When birds die, they get recycled!]]></title>
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<description>Bird Ecology Study Group:- <![CDATA[Aydin Örstan from Maryland, US read the early post on &#8220;Where do birds go when they die?&#8221; and sent me a link to his series of posts on the same question, &#8220;Where do all the dead birds go?&#8221;
With Aydin&#8217;s permission, I am summarising his series of posts that you can view in full HERE: 1, [...]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 22:57:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Feast of termites under a lamp post]]></title>
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<description>Bird Ecology Study Group:- <![CDATA[In the Pahang town of Raub in Peninsula Malaysia, Dr. Redzlan Abdul Rahman had a late night and woke up on 1st May 2008 (May Day holiday) to find a party going on in front of his house. The night before was raining and swarms of winged termites gathered around the street lamps, attracted by [...]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 09:27:54 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[White-bellied Sea-eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) @ B. Panjang by Speedblade]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://naturespies.blogspot.com/2008/01/white-bellied-sea-eagle-haliaeetus.html]]></link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 05:26:03 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tiger-gate]]></title>
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<description>The Biology Refugia:- <![CDATA[I have pretty much enough of this south china tiger saga. It seems like only the peasant/poacher/tiger photographer and the local forestry bureau still insist on the authenticity of the photos while the rest of China's netizens and scientists (including botanists!) were pretty clear that the photos were faked.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 01:21:47 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Encyclopedia of Life]]></title>
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<description>The Biology Refugia:- <![CDATA[]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 01:21:47 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Darwin's first draft goes online]]></title>
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<description>The Biology Refugia:- <![CDATA[Darwin's first draft of his theory of evolution now goes online, now joining the 20,000 archive items in the online archive run by Cambridge University 'The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online'.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 01:21:47 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Freshwater Crab Symposium]]></title>
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<description>Raffles Museum news:- <![CDATA[12 May 2008 marks the start of the Freshwater Crab Symposium, and will last through till 15 May 2008. The symposium is organised by Dr. Darren Yeo and Prof Peter Ng (RMBR, NUS).

Group photo of all the participants of the symposium.

Presentation and discussion during the symposium.
The overall objective of the Freshwater Crab Symposium is to [...]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:16:03 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wed 21 May 2008: 4pm - Gavin Huttley on "Insights into the mammal ra]]></title>
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<description>ecotax at Yahoo! Groups:- <![CDATA["Insights into the mammal radiation from weird Australian mammals" Dr Gavin Huttley Computational Genomics John Curtin School of Medical Research Australian]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 23:34:52 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Seagrass-Watch News Mar 08]]></title>
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<description>teamseagrass:- <![CDATA[Seagrass-Watch News Mar 08 (Issue 32 2008) has lots of fascinating articles!]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 23:04:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Article On Snake Venoms]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://singaporesnakes.blogspot.com/2007/06/article-on-snake-venoms.html]]></link>
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<description>SLOG:- <![CDATA[This is an interesting article on snake venoms that was written more or less in Singapore context:]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 18:43:40 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Where do birds go when they die?]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://besgroup.talfrynature.com/2008/05/12/where-do-birds-go-when-they-die/]]></link>
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<description>Bird Ecology Study Group:- <![CDATA[The recent post on the Javan Myna (Acridotheres javanicus) chick that was predated by a cat brings to mind a common question many people ask: “Where do birds go when they die?” A related question I was recently asked was &#8220;Do birds die?&#8221; Such questions are understandable (or are they?), considering that with so many [...]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 11:40:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Announcement of Appointment]]></title>
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<description>Raffles Museum news:- <![CDATA[Professor Peter Ng Kee Lin has been appointed Director of the Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI) with effect from 1 April 2008. He is no stranger to our community, as his association with NUS spans almost three decades, from his undergraduate days. A faculty member in the NUS Department of Biological Sciences, Prof Ng has [...]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 03:55:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Moose antlers help hearing]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://staff.science.nus.edu.sg/~sivasothi/biorefugia/2008/03/moose-antlers-help-hearing.html]]></link>
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<description>The Biology Refugia:- <![CDATA[The big antler racks of moose may help males amplify sounds to better locate females:]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 01:20:25 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[BWV website is down]]></title>
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<description>KLOG:- <![CDATA[Dear friends, if you came here looking for our old website, I'm sorry to say that it is currently down due to some problems with the domain name registration.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 01:20:22 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Christmas greetings from the Reefwalk team]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 01:20:22 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Short-tailed Babbler]]></title>
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<description>Bird Ecology Study Group:- <![CDATA[&#8220;The Short-tailed Babbler (Malacocincla malaccensis) is another one of those sulky, secretive denizens of the deep dark forest, hiding under cover most of the time, flies for short distances, hops around on the forest floor like a little mammal looking for worms, grubs or other insects. The birds calls mainly at dawn and is very [...]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 01:16:14 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pythons Skinned And Left To Die]]></title>
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<description>SLOG:- <![CDATA[There is an recent article  in The Daily Mail that reported on the increasing use of snake skin in the fashion industry.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 18:41:44 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cobra In Mangroves]]></title>
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<description>SLOG:- <![CDATA[Yang Shufen found this Equatorial Spitting Cobra (Black Spitting Cobra; Naja Sumatrana) near a mangrove at the southwest of Singapore Island on 13 September 2007. The following photographs were contributed by her.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 18:41:44 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Four Whips In A Day!]]></title>
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<description>SLOG:- <![CDATA[During a late afternoon on 8 September 2007, Chan Kwok Wai found not one, not two, not three, but FOUR Oriental Whip Snakes (Ahaetulla prasina)!!!! One of the snakes was sighted at eye level, while the rest were encountered at the tree canopies. The green colour and long body length of this species, are perhaps adaptations for life at the canopy, since the former provides the snake with a good camouflage against aerial predators and the latter allows  the snake to move from canopy to canopy.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 18:41:44 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Biophilia Programme]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 13:20:15 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Insects Identification]]></title>
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<description>For the Future of Our Forest:- <![CDATA[Insects are a major group of arthropods and the most diverse group of animals on the Earth, with over a million described species.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 05:24:46 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Common Kingfisher by Harlequin (Phillip)]]></title>
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<description>Nature Spies:- <![CDATA[http://clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?s=a42c0bc28d0a79df90564c98fe559932&amp;t=333207]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 05:24:45 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gold-whiskered Barbet eating a flowerpecker]]></title>
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<description>Bird Ecology Study Group:- <![CDATA[In August 2007 Adrian Lim a.k.a. wmw998 had the rare opportunity of witnessing a Gold-whiskered Barbet (Megalaima chrysopogon) capturing a small bird in Taman Rimba Ampang in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The barbet was first spotted in the tree, looking for fruits and possibly insects (above). Along came a small bird that Adrian thought was a juvenile [...]]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 22:46:27 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fun With Snakes]]></title>
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<description>SLOG:- <![CDATA[A fun-filled activity, named 'Fun with Snakes', was organised by the NSS Education Group on 15 September 2007 to raise awareness on snakes, with emphasis on local species, among kids in the age group of 5-9 years old.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 18:42:13 -0400</pubDate>
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