And the adventure continues.....
An unknown species of fiddler crab with a pincer as large as its body makes it look as intimidating as a heavyweight champion boxer
Low tide at the mangrove beach in Tanjung Tuan that late morning
Some of the fiddler crabs that were scurrying on the rocks covered with bright green algae at low tide
A potential rival fiddler crab with an enormous pincer
Dead pieces of coral (above and below) - sad evidence of bleaching, an effect of climate change
Vanilla ice-cream at Tino's
The Gelato at Tino's Pizza, a restaurant hidden in one of the one-storey shoplots in the busier part of Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan (as pictured above). The last time I had ice cream here was in 2014 during Raptor Watch weekend which can be read HERE - it was creamier than a Magnum but whether or not it really tasted like the famous ice cream in Italy, I think I have to leave it to a local Italian to confirm this - the owner of this shoplot is of Italian nationality but I didn't get the chance to confirm it first-hand that day. In the meantime, there was a good review from TripAdvisor about their food HERE. The Ring-legged fiddler crab is one of the species that can be found in Malaysia, with a very important role that they play to maintain a healthy ecosystem in a mangrove beach such as Tanjung Tuan.
The Bridge over the River Linggi
No crocodiles were seen that afternoon lazing around on that narrow strip of exposed sandbank
A river that runs through Negeri Sembilan towards the sea. Crocodiles still inhabit this river.
Kuala Linggi - a small group of people were seen fishing nearby the bridge with prawns as baits. A crocodile had found itself unfortunately washed ashore onto to the road on top of this bridge during the bad floods that affected parts of Negeri Sembilan, Selangor and KL in December 2021. More about that can be read HERE. No crocodiles were seen that hot afternoon but the close encounter with that reptile last year and the (dashed) hope of seeing one on a normal day either swimming in the river or basking in the sun on a sandbank in Linggi, reminded me of a poem about this fascinating creature by Mr. Lewis Carroll the author of Alice in Wonderland:- How doth the little crocodile
improve his shining tail
And pour the waters of the Nile
on every golden scale
How cheerfully he seems to grin
How neatly spreads his claws
And welcomes little fishes in
With gently smiling jaws.
(Lewis Carroll)
Totally unrelated to this post above but more about the famous author of Alice in Wonderland. His legacy as a writer lives on through a Society established in North America to honour his work. A quirky illustration of the Crocodile can be seen at https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/lcsna-fall-2022-meeting/
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