Tioman Island, Reprised

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At the beginning of May I left for a 20-days work experience trip with EcoFieldTrips, a company that mainly organises and lead fieldtrips in Tioman for school groups. Tioman is a small tropical island on the east coast of Malaysia that's approximately half the size of Singapore. Most of the island remain happily undeveloped - the main industry is tourism, concentrated in a few small villages along the coast.

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Wan-Ting's wonderful photos from a 20-day work experience trip with EcoFieldTrips to Tioman Island, a small island located 32 km off the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia in the state of Pahang, from a scaly-breasted munia (Lonchura punctulata) to an underwater treadmill that was probably used as reef-building material.

Where the Wild Things Are

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I'm easily distracted by any photo op.

After riding the rails to Denver, Karen and I caught a cab to the Car Rental lot in Denver near the airport. As she inspected the car I caught a glimpse of a bunny face-off in the small patch of grass separating the lot exit from the street. I dropped my luggage and grabbed my camera - I no longer cared about what kind of car we would rent, or mileage, or color, or insurance, or anything else.

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The diversity of wildlife on this planet is enormous.