Flaring at Bukom.
Subaraj first brought up the issue of poop. Since there are currently no records of vertebrates on Semakau that lay poop like this (probably mammalian) on places like this (the road), poop like this possibly comes from an unrecorded animal.
Common house gecko Hemidactylus frenatus.
Spotted house gecko Gekko monarchus.
These look like Atlas moth (Attacus atlas) pupae.
I think this is the common grass yellow, as it has only 2 spots on the forewing near the head. But I'm not a butterfly person and may be looking at the wrong place for the spots.
Field frog Fejervarya limnocharis?
Four lined tree frog Polypedates leucomystax.
Alicia is good at spotting tiny spiders like this one, wolf spider I think.
And this Sparassid.
The commonly seen green suspected sac spider.
This cricket was so conspicuously colored and moving in such a non-stealthy way.
It was also shaking off a wasp or fly on its leg.
On to the shore:
Don't think I have seen this goby before. Its blue spots are quite beautiful.
Ginormous egg collar, diameter as wide as my boot.
Spiral melongena (Pugilina cochlidium) laying eggs.
Cowrie. I think it is the Ovum cowrie as it did not have a black spot at the head.
Andy found this dog faced water snake (Cerberus rynchops).
It was not shy or aggressive and allowed me to take a close-up head shot. It is quite inaccurate to say we cannot speak with animals as we do share the universal language of body language. So long as we do not appear to be either a threat or potential prey, animals are generally tolerant of our proximity. If not, they will let us know, quite obviously too if we are sensitive enough to their actions.
Marcus spotted another snake, the banded file snake Acrochordus granulatus. This snake is also quite tolerant of human proximity and there is no need to harm or kill it in self defense.
A pair of Periclimenes brevicarpalis shrimps.
Kok Sheng spotted this anemone which looked like Actinoporus elongatus.
Bristleworm. This one was about 15 to 20 cm long.
These strange growths were quite abundant on the sea grass. They look like ascidians.
Gymnodoris nudibranch. It looks very similar to G. citrina but I found it on sand. G. citrina was recorded to be found under rocks.
While I was getting a closer look at the nudibranch, I spotted this sea star, Stellaster equestris, the galloping sea star. It was about 5 cm across.
Luidia maculata? About 4-5 cm across.
Protoreaser nodosus. There were quite a few, all smaller than 15 cm across.
Ria found this olive snail. This section of the shore was quite special indeed, with so many special finds.
Beautiful fan worm.
Costasiella slug.
Kok Sheng found this crinoid.
Holothuria notabilis.
Stichopus horrens.
Holothuria scabra.
Mysterious brown sea cucumber.
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Wonder if the poop came from the cats that roamed about the southern tip near the recreational area. Have seen several there during my overnight trips.
Yeah I saw some cats on Semakau as well. At first I heard that cats do not just shit on the road but apparently they do if they're marking territory (middening).
yah, cats usually bury their poop. but i hv personally seen a cat defecating by the side of the roads at the southern tip of semakau, so that will still be my guess for the poop u all encountered lah...
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