MALAYSIA~ Turtle Island National Park - Borneo ~

... Beautiful view of one of the most fascinating sea creatures... sea turtles have been around for about 100 million years and even witnessed the fall of the dinosaurs.... must be amazing to see them in the ocean and watch them legging their eggs ... or experience the hatchlings being send to the sea on their first journey ever... but sadly due to the careless of people they are threatened with extinction ( ⌣́,⌣̀)...  hopefully sea turtle sanctuaries like this can save them... Thank you very much Alan Tan!!【ツ】

Photo: Ⓒ Susan K. Jacobson
From backside postcard:
A green turtle laboriously "paddles" its way ashore, amidst frequent loud puffs of breath, in search of a suitable site at which to perform that one activity that secures further chances for the species's survival-to lay it eggs.
Turtle Islands Park is located within the Turtle Islands, which lie in the Sulu Sea north of Sandakan in Sabah. It consists of 3 islands Selingan, Bakungan Kecil and Gulisan islands. (actually 10 in total, where 3 belong to Malaysia and the other 7 to the Philippines). It covers an area of 17.4 km² which includes the surrounding reefs and seas.

The park is a safe haven for the endangered green and hawksbill turtles and gives you the rare opportunity to watch turtle landings. Selingan, the largest of the islands, houses the park's headquarters, a turtle hatchery, tourist accommodation and basic facilities. The other two islands are more for conservation activities.

The Green turtle is the second largest of the seven species of sea turtle. Like most of them, the green turtle has been hunted by human for flesh, eggs and shell. The green turtle spends most of its live in the sea. The females come a shore to lay their eggs for only a very short time. From 1000 eggs, just one or two survive their first year. There are either eaten by fish, birds or other sea creatures.

Stamps:

Firefly
(Issued 10-05-2010)

 Definitives - Orchids
(Issued 21-02-2017)

MALAYSIA ~ Gunung Mulu National Park-UNESCO ~

...A fantastic natural wonder ...Deer Cave contains the world’s second largest cave passage 169 meters wide and 125 meters high open to the public... with the persons (also a tiny one on the background) on the photo it shows how massive this room really is ʘ͜͡ʘ ...home to millions of bats, and location of the amazing "bat exodus"...  with 12 species (more than in any other single cave in the world)... Thanks Bernard!!【ツ】

Photo:Robbie Shone "Cave Explorers progresses downstream in Clearwater River Cave, – the eighth longest cave in the world, Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Borneo."
Deer Cave was surveyed in 1961 by G. E. Wilford of the Malaysian Geological Survey, who predicted that Mulu would yield many more caves in the future.The cave, which is also known as Gua Payau or Gua Rusa by the local Penan and Berawan people, is said to have received its name because of the deer that go there to lick salt-bearing rocks and shelter themselves.

The Gunung Mulu National Park is Sarawak's largest National Park that encompasses caves and karst formations in a mountainous equatorial rainforest setting. This National Park is famous for its limestone karst formations. Features include enormous caves, vast cave networks, rock pinnacles, cliffs and gorges.

The national park is named after Mount Mulu,  a sandstone mountain rising to 2,376 m. and the second highest mountain in Sarawak.

Gunung Mulu is Malaysia’s first World Heritage Area, a status it was awarded in 2000.

Stamp:

International Definitives
(Issued 01-10-2016)

MALAYSIA ~Silver Leaf Langur - Borneo ~

...More cute mother and baby monkey theme today ღ... unfortunately as so many animals also listed as Endangered due to disappearance of suitable lowland habitat (especially for oil palm plantations) and forest fires....with great matching Year of the Monkey stamp and special cancellation...Thanks a lot Erica!!

The  silvered leaf monkey or the silvery langur, is an Old World monkey. It is arboreal, living in coastal, mangrove, and riverine forests in Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo.

Langur monkeys are also known as the ‘leaf monkeys’ in light of the fact that they feed mainly on leaves. They are also known for eating fruits, grass, and flowers.

 Langurs, which have black fur with silvered tips as adults, are born with bright orange fur.





Photo: S C Chee
published by The Farmers' Brand Sdn. Bhd.

Stamp:

The Year of the Monkey -  ‘Primates of Malaysia Series 2’
( Issued 22-01-2016)

MALAYSIA ~Oerang Utan~

...Great apes postcard...oerangutans are the closest related to us, humans (common 97% of DNA)...they act, play and feel like us...sadly enough another endangered specie...to see them living free in the rainforest must be amazing!!! Thanks SL

With nice stamp: Children's Hobbies (memancing=fishing)
This stamps series features the Malaysian cartoon superhero, ‘BoBoiBoy’.

Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre is situated in the State of Sabah in Borneo and sits on the edge of the Kabili forest reserve.It was set up by an Englishwoman some 50 years ago and was the first Centre in the world to dedicate itself to the rehabilitation of orphaned orang-utans. The site is 43 sq km of protected land at the edge of Kabili Sepilok Forest Reserve. Today around 60 to 80 orangutans are living free in the reserve.

Facts about Oerangutans:
Fruit makes up the bulk of an orang-utan’s diet, however other items include leaves, flowers, pith, fungi, honey, termites, small mammals and birds’ eggs.
Adult orang-utans are largely solitary.
The bond between a mother orang-utan and her young is very strong.

MALAYSIA ~Borneo- Tun Sakaran Park~

Yesterday is already forgotten!! ^__^ Got such a wonderful card today, the view, the blue-green colors, its all soooo amazing...
Great stamps too!!

An aerial view of the islands of Tun Sakaran Park, north Semporna. The hills of Bodgaya,and Bohey Dulang islands are all remains of the rim of an ancient volcanao. (Photograph Michael Partick Wong)
Established in 2004, the Tun Sakaran Marine Park also known as Semporna Islands Park consists of the islands of Bodgaya, Boheydulang, Sebangkat, and Selakan, the sand cays of Maiga, Sibuan, and Mantabuan, and the patch reefs of Church and Kapikan. It is the largest protected concentration of coral reefs in Malaysia at 350km square. The Tun Sakaran Marine Park is located 20km off the shores of Semporna on the eastern coast of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo.

MALAYSIA ~Borneo~

The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. It is a celebration of life on earth and of the value of biodiversity for our lives. The world is invited to take action in 2010 to safeguard the variety of life on earth: biodiversity.

Nature documentaries are one of my favorites programmes on TV. Bust most of the time I'm feeling so down after watching them.... Last I've seen on the Belgian TV how they Galapagos Islands are being destroyed by tourism and there are so many animals who or losing their habitat all over the world! I'm hoping that eco tourism will help to preserve our wildlife and their habitat!!
Maybe the most environment friendly is to just collect cards from all those amazing places..... but the cards are also printed on paper and sent by airplane...
sigh... :-(


Pygmy elephants are found only on the northeast tip of the island of Borneo, and inhabit forests near water sources and grasslands. Borneo pygmy elephants are smaller than other Asian elephants, chubbier, and have bigger ears and tails. WWF estimates that there are as few as 1,600 individuals remaining in the wild, and the top threats to pygmy elephants are habitat loss and conflict with humans.

BORNEO

I got a lovely animal card from Borneo... All those animals are living in the rainforests. The only chance for me to see one of this mostly endangered animals is to visit a zoo..


1.Silvered Leaf Langur 2.Elephant 3.Proboscis Monkey 4.Slow Loris 5.Orang Utan 6.Long Tailed Macaque.In Borneo's tropical rainforests, endangered species such as the pygmy elephant and the Sumatran rhino meet orang-utans, along with an assortment of other animals with colourful names including the clouded leopard, the moonrat and the sun bear.

MALAYSIA ~Borneo-UNESCO~

It was again a great postcard week.I found almost each day such lovely surprises in my mailbox.... new places... new UNESCO sites...
A BIG THANKS TO ALL SENDERS!!!
But I have also lots of cards travelling and it takes such a long time before my cards arrive lately...Please mail or write a message when they do or also when not!!(will resend them, thanks!!)
Wish you all a Happy Easter weekend (no mail here on monday...)


WOW!! What a wonderful and mystic card... and again a new UNESCO site.. Amazing!!

Mount Kinabalu at more than 4.000m height. It is the highest peak in Malaysia and South East Asia and Borneo is the third largest island in the world.
Rural charm and softy mystical serenity are the foreground to Kinabalu, Borneo's magic mountain and its most impressive natural feature.