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Monkeys Kingdom in Gunung Anyar Mangrove

April 14, 2010
By Brahmanto Anindito
Monkeys Kingdom in Gunung Anyar Mangrove

“Only few hours after the escape, that monkey’s carcass was hung on a tree branch. Its face was ruined, its limbs were tore apart, it was all messed up! That must be the act of the native monkeys here,” told Firman Arifin, the manager of Wisata Anyar Mangrove (WAM), Gunung Anyar, Surabaya.
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Sailing Through the Mangrove Forest in Wonorejo

March 25, 2010
By Brahmanto Anindito
Sailing Through the Mangrove Forest in Wonorejo

I never thought such place exists in Surabaya. It’s called Wonorejo Mangrove Forest Tour. This is one of Pamurbaya (Pantai Timur Surabaya a.k.a. East Coast Surabaya) ecotourism sectors, beside Gunung Anyar mangove conservation. You should not come there if you are not interested with ecology, especially with the nature life of the mangrove forest.
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On Garut Sheep

October 1, 2009
By Rie Yanti
On Garut Sheep

By Rie Yanti When you’re hard to sleep, try to count the sheep that jump on the cattle’s fence. Why it has to be a sheep? I don’t know. For me, a sheep is just an animal. It only gives us meal and fur to the sweaters. So I thought this animal is not...
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11 Facts about Komodo National Park

July 16, 2009
By Brahmanto Anindito
11 Facts about Komodo National Park

By Brahmanto Anindito The Komodo National Park (Taman Nasional Komodo or TNK) is one of the 7 New Wonders of Nature’s nominees. And these are the 11 facts you probably didn’t know. TNK is populated by roughly 2,400 komodo dragons, the greatest lizard in the world. TNK comprises the islands of Rinca, Padar and...
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The Singer that Alerts Mentawai to Any Disaster

March 23, 2009
By Brahmanto Anindito
The Singer that Alerts Mentawai to Any Disaster

By Brahmanto Anindito This primate exclusively lives on Mentawai, the islands with 16,000 inhabitants, West Sumatra Province. Bilou or Mentawai Gibbon (Hylobates klossii) is from Hylobatidae (gibbon) family. It is similar to siamang with the same black fur, but is considerably smaller and lacks the siamang’s typical throat pouch. Bilou reaches 44 to 63...
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