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The Sun Bear is named for the patch
of fur on their chests which was once thought to resemble a rising or
setting sun?
Sumatran Tigers have webbed feet.
This allows the tiger to swim easily, and they will often cross more
than one river to find food!
Indonesian people have based masks
on the Babirusa’s appearance and have been known to give a dead Babirusa
as a gift.
The children of dominant females in
the group are given preference and standing in each family group.
Short-Clawed Otters can close their
nostrils and ears to keep water from getting in when they are swimming.
During any given day, a family of
Siamang can travel up to a mile (1.6 km) on their search for food.
White-Handed Gibbons often get their needed water by
licking the moisture off of their fur after a rainstorm or by rubbing it
on wet foliage.
Many of the stories of mythological
dragons may have come from the Komodo Dragon? Their yellow tongues and
foul breath gave the impression that they could breathe fire and could
be the inspiration for our own stories of fire-breathing dragons.
Orangutans are very sophisticated
creatures and have been known to use handfuls of leaves as napkins,
wrapping them around their hands to protect them when they handle sharp
or spiny objects, and use them as umbrellas to shade from the sun or
protect from the weather.
Little is known
about the habits of the anoa as they are one of the least-studied of all
endangered species.
After trading plumes
of birds of paradise with early European explorers, local tribes told
them that the birds were the birds of the gods and never touched earth,
feeding only on dew. This story accentuated the value of the birds for
over 100 years, and the feathers were in such high demand that it almost
killed off the species.
Sumatran
Rhinoceroses can consume up to 110 pounds (50 kg) of food every day.
The Sumatran Rabbit
is so rare and well hidden that the local people don’t even have a name
for it in their own language and don’t even realize that it exists.
Every morning, the
female Silvery Gibbon will arise and announce her presence to the forest
by shrieking and calling. These calls can be heard for at least a
kilometer in all directions.
The Grizzled Leaf
Monkey’s stomach is so large that the contents alone account for 25% of
their total weight.
Gymnures and
hedgehogs have been noted to be modern animals that are most similar to
the very earliest mammals.
The fringes on the
Sumatra Water Shrew’s feet trap air bubbles between them, which float
and allow the shrew to literally walk on water, running across the
surface.
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