Recent Posts Tagged With 'animal'

• Sacrificial Animals

  Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 00:42 in religion, animal, street vendors, cultural events and festivals, street documentary

  Tomorrow moslems in Indonesia as are those in other parts of the world are going to celebrate Eid ul Adha - a festival to commemorate the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son Ismael as an act of obedience to God. On this ...

• Banteng Jawa

  Posted on Thursday June 11th, 2009 at 09:45 in animal, fauna, zoo, bandung, banteng jawa

  This is the head shot of a young female Banteng Jawa (bos javanicus) that I took at Bandung Zoo sometime ago.Banteng Jawa belongs to the family of bovidae (bull, cow). Although scientifically named "javanicus", this species can actually be found not ...

• Indonesian Endangered Animal: The Sumatran Tiger

  Posted on Monday March 9th, 2009 at 09:38 in animal, indonesia, tiger, fauna, environmental issues, zoo, bandung

  This is a picture of harimau Sumatra or the Sumatran tiger (panthera tigris sumatrae) that I took at Bandung Zoo sometime ago. The Sumatran tiger is one of only six surviving subspecies of tiger. The other subspecies are - in discending order of thei...

• Camel Ride

  Posted on Monday February 9th, 2009 at 10:55 in animal, zoo, camel, bandung

  Camel ride at Bandung Zoo.Bandung Zoo has quite a number of one-humped or Arabian camels (camelus dromedarius). Some of them are made available for a ride, like this one....

• Indonesian Endangered Animal: "Kalong" - The Flying Fox Bat

  Posted on Wednesday February 4th, 2009 at 10:40 in animal, indonesia, fauna, environmental issues, bats

  These are "kalong" (Javanese brown giant fruit bat), another collection of animals at Bandung Zoo. "Kalong" (Pteropus Vamvyrus) is classified into the suborder of megabats (megachiroptera) or the giant bats. Because of what they eat and their behavio...

• Indonesian "Kangaroo"

  Posted on Sunday February 1st, 2009 at 10:54 in animal, zoo, kangaroo, bandung, wallaby

  Here is another collection of Bandung's Zoo: The Agile Wallaby (Wallabia Agilis).Wallaby is a marsupial that, together with the kangaroo and wallaroo, belongs to the family of macropodidae (macropod = large foot). There are currently about 30 species...

• Merak Hijau (Green Peacock)

  Posted on Thursday January 29th, 2009 at 04:47 in animal, bird, zoo, peacock

  This green peacock (Pavo Muticus) is one of Bandung Zoo's aviary collections. Green peacock is one of the three species of peacocks. The other two species are the blue or Indian peacock (Pavo Cristatus) and the Congolese African peacock (Afropavo Con...

• Indonesian Endangered Fauna: The Sumatran Tapir

  Posted on Tuesday January 27th, 2009 at 08:46 in animal, indonesia, zoo, bandung

  This is the Sumatran/Malayan Tapir (Tapir Indicus), one of the world's four species of tapirs. Tapir indicus is native to southeast Asia and can be found mainly in the tropical forests of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, peninsular Malaysia, and par...

• Bandung Zoo: The Elephant Safari Ride

  Posted on Saturday January 24th, 2009 at 20:29 in animal, zoo, parks, bandung, destinations and attractions

  Covering an area of only about 14 hectares, Kebun Binatang Bandung (Bandung Zoological Park or Bandung Zoo) is not very big, but it is very historical and popular. The zoo was officially established in 1933 when two previously existing zoos (Cimindi ...

• Yellow-Abdomen Spider (The Real Thing)

  Posted on Wednesday January 21st, 2009 at 23:20 in animal, Nature

  Two days ago, I posted a photo of the Spiderman in action on Cihampelas street. This one is of a real spider that lives here.I spotted this yellow-abdomen spider in the front yard garden of my house the other day. It's about 2 centimeter long. Honest...

• A Cat Family's Story

  Posted on Saturday January 17th, 2009 at 08:47 in cat, animal

  This is Mawheck, my friend's sixteen-month old male Angoran cat, and the father of Maw Maw, my cat (below photo). Maw Maw is an eleven-month old female. She is not a pure Angoran cat. Her mother is a Siamese cat. Maw Maw gave birth to three wonderful...