He is rare even amongst the acting breed. If the character description says handsome: he is. If it says Nasty: he is. Older: he is… Younger: he is. For this reason I just can’t wait to see what he will become. Working with him was a delight. I learned so much. It was so often easy to see what he was like at ten years old. He’s a giggler, and a brilliant mimic and, like the other boys, he thought nothing of carrying kit up the steps from Barafundle Bay, even after having been on camera all day. ( x )
(Source: wildeebeast)
WHAAATT?
Greater Naked Bat (Cheiromeles torquatus)
via the Field Museum
Total length 255-265 mm; tail 59-75 mm; hind foot 25-27 mm; ear 25-32 mm; forearm 74-90 mm; weight 150-185 g (Francis, 2008; Payne et al., 1985). A large bat with a massive head, nearly bare skin with only scattered hairs, and a long, thick tail. The ears are not connected over the top of the head.
Distribution is the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo; within the Philippines, restricted to Palawan. One specimen was encountered at dusk in lowland at ca. 200 m elevation, and two specimens were captured in disturbed transitional lowland-montane forest at 700 m. On Borneo, reported to roost in large caves and hollow trees and to feed both in open areas over streams and clearings and above forest canopy in the lowlands. They feed on termites and other insects. Because they fly high and fast, they are difficult to capture…
(images/read more: Field Museum)
Frogs of Borneo: Kaloula baleata
K. baleata is common in the Sunda region and belongs to the native fauna of Borneo. The body is stocky. Fingers bear adhesive discs at the tips. This gives this frog quite good climbing abilities, despite the clumsy body. These animals are very secretive. Males emerge from their hidings after strong and continued rainfall.
They take advantage of human activity to some extend and will use shallow ponds in clearings and ditches at forest edges for reproduction. But we also heard males call during the day from hidden places around a natural flooded depression in alluvial forest. Tadpoles are dark brown to black above. They are highly specialized suspension feeders. Keratinized mouthparts are absent. The spiracle is medial and far posterior. Development is fast. Larvae reach approximately 25 mm total length.
(Text/Photos: Alexander Haas) (via: Frogs of Borneo)
