Cyrene reef

01Aug08

Cyrene reef, a short boat ride away from the mainland, lies right smack in the middle of Singapore’s busy shipping lanes. That numerous seagrass species, as well as a host of other rare marine life, flourish so close to such bustling – and often damaging – human activity is heartening. Not so encouraging however is [...]

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Kranji Mudbath

06Jul08

The setting for today’s adventure involves a significant amount of mud and thus, however one would like to look at it, cannot quite be described as glamorous. Things are perhaps justified by the subject, which is undeniably interesting: the horseshoe crab, living fossil, humble scavenger, and -  to lovingly bastardise Hughes’ poetry -  god [...]

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Prawn Harvesting at Sungei Buloh

31Aug07

 
 

Visitors to Singapore’s Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve listen bemusedly as the rationale behind traditional prawn farming is explained to them. Prawns are allowed to breed and grow naturally in a sectioned-off area of the mangrove, and harvesting times are synchronised with the tide. The close working relationship between man and mangrove provides an incentive for [...]

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Kusu Island

01Feb07

Photos from the Blue Water Volunteers reefwalk, August 2006. The legend of Kusu is a story more than worthy of this nation’s shinily touted multicultural image. Hence, apart from marine creatures, the island also hosts three Muslim kramats and a Taoist turtle temple filled with red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans). Commonly sold and almost equally commonly badly cared [...]

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