Bellevue Aviary Garden at Penang Hill, Penang

Most of the staffs at Bellevue Hotel were continue invited us to the Bellevue Aviary Garden located just another 100 meter away from the hotel. So I decided to have some excitement for my daughter since she love small animal.

The entrance fee for this bird park are MYR5.00 for adult and MYR3.00 for children. Open daily from 9am - 6pm. Hotel guests will have free entrance.

My daughter curiously asking the name of the snake from the uncle.

Once you stepped in, the area was Full of Green! I love it very much!

Many birds are available here, of course you don't compare with the size of Bird Park around Malaysia. I noticed they really well taking care of the birds here because of the colour...or partly because of the weather too? :)

Parrots and some un-known birds

But I was wondering, why they didn't put a signage of the name for the birds and their type? It's good to let the visitors know more about the birds around...

The Hornbill

There were many type of parrots available here, and they are colourful too! One of the parrots continue greets us with the word :"HELLO!". So my daughter was anxiously looking for the bird who can speak....end up, we found a huge blue parrot which was in the last cage in the row...

Big Blue Parrot

The claws

Surprisingly, it wanted to shake-hand with us!! But it's not advisable because of the sharp claws.

We were hang around the park for more than an hour, walking around and enjoy the birds singing...there's also a small hall within the bird park for meeting and conference purpose.

Please do not pick the flowers in the park!

We had our evening walk along the area after came out from the park...once it getting dark, we were back to the hotel to enjoy our dinner at the elevation of 720 meters above sea levels...

Penang Hill 2010 related post :-
* Experience the Bellevue Hotel at Penang Hill, Penang  
* Dinner at Bellevue Hotel of Penang Hill, Penang. 
* The Night View Of Georgetown, Penang
* Penang Hill 2010, Penang

Ostrich Showfarm at Port Dickson, Negri Sembilan

Port Dickson Ostrich Showfarm (N2 26.778 E101 51.749) is located along Jalan Kemang 13, about 450 meter away from the main road of Teluk Kemang, Port Dickson.

The weather was not so good during our visit. No sun and almost rain...

The entrance fee are : MYR8.00 for adult and MYR4.00 for children and senior citizen. I believe the farm does not have subsidy from the Malaysia Tourism.

I was wondering why it called 'Showfarm'? It's because of the 'Show' in the farm? Please elaborate this if you have an answer...:) Ok, the first Showtime - Monkey Plucking Coconut : 11am - 3pm. Second was Ostrich Race : 11.30am - 3.30pm. (The shows will stop perform if rain). Oh my! The So Called Showtime!!

The first animal we saw...the Goat. Oh! I told myself...please show me something interesting...

Then we had been 'Follow' by a White Peacock...

 

It ran away once we walked close to the Ostrich

Then...we saw the Ostrich! With the signage beside...

Juvenile Ostriches (7-16 months)

A) Male feathers are Black in color & female feathers are Grey in color.

B) They do not have teeth, so it is safe to hand feed them.

C) Ostrich belong to the ratite family. The characteristic of the ratite family is they do not have breast muscle, so they cannot fly.

Once the kids read the 'B', they started to feed the Ostrich...

But her face tell us that, she still fear from the Ostrich bite! :)

The Ostrich from Port Dickson

The second ostrich farm note was :-

Breeder / Laying Bird

A) Female ostriches start laying at 1.5 years old.

B) Laying time is from 8am-10am and 4pm-6pm.

C) After laying, the egg will be collected immediately to avoid any soil contamination.

D) The production of eggs are around 40-90 eggs / season. (1 season = 8 months)

The second farm was not allow to Feed! Maybe the ostrich will attack?! I'm not sure...

We continue the walk, I saw there were Monkeys jumping around on the ground. Kind of funny! I did not get the name of it, cos there's no signage...

The Macaque

Too bad, suddenly it started to rain...what a luck! But the children still Busy feeding the rabbits...Haha!

So we had a rest at the Cafe area. The drinks over here are selling at reasonable price...

Beside the cafe, situated the Souvenir Centre. The write-up and the Egg machine which take care of the Ostrich egg got our attention. Quite a nice knowledge to us...

About 10 minutes later, we continued our tour in the farm. There were few interesting 'Birds' beside the cafe, photo below...

It might belong to the Peacock or Turkeys family

If your weight is more than 120kg, Please DON'T stand on it!

Ostrich Egg

Beside the egg, you can have the Ostrich Ride within the area. But the children don't see any interest on it. Strange? Hmm...

I saw One little monkey which was very interesting! I think I spend most of the time captured this monkey in the farm. It was Cute! Haha!

The Little Cute monkey at PD Ostrich Showfarm

The Iguana looks old...wondering what's the age of it?!

That all about it! Basically, the farm got limited animal to see and the animals environment need to Improvement. Most of the animals are not living in the comfort area. All of this might because of the limited fund from the owner. I felt the entrance fee is not justify with the Ostrich farm, they should make more interesting area and make the farm look more clean. There's always a room to improve!

One of the Decoration in the farm

Location map of the Port Dickson Ostrich Showfarm

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Happy Mother's Day from Chimpanzee's Family

The Chimpanzee's family at Johor Zoo also celebrate their Mother's Day !
Look at the Love between....and the baby Chimpanzee is fortunate!
I was enjoy their moment for at least 30 minutes....Suddenly I felt the LOVE is all around!

Look at the way she touch it, and the baby expression on the face...So wonderful!

During that time, I believe the 'father' having his relax lazily on the other side...

Hey! Are you as fortunate as me? (I believe this was in his mind)

Happy Mother's Day to all moms in the World!

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The Johor Zoo - The Double (Part 3)

The doubles I took from Johor Zoo.

The Pelicans

The Elephants

The Camels

The Hornbills

Related post :-
* The Forgotten Johor Zoo at Johor Bahru (Part 1)
* The Forgotten Johor Zoo, Johor Bahru (Part 2)

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The Forgotten Johor Zoo, Johor Bahru (Part 2)

By step up the stairs, I'm visited the African Lion cage. I was excited, because it's the whole Lion family! And I love the Lion's roar!

That is about 4 meters height from the place I stand to the Lion's cage.

The Happy Lion Family

The daddy...(Male lion)

The Female lioness - look at the sharp teeth!

The lion (Panthera leo) is a member of the family Felidae and one of four big cats in the genus Panthera. With some males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight,^[4] it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Click for more.

The leg of the male lion

I was standing by the cage to enjoy the 'Roar' of the male lion for almost 30 minutes. I wonder why it's keep on roar....after a while, I understand what it need!! It's Horny! Haha!

I'm appreciates I be able to caught it! But it's chased away all the girls beside the cage! Haha!

After 1 hour at the Lion cage, I continue to walk around...

The environment is calm at relax within the Zoo. Hopefully somebody will improve the maintenance and make it a Better Zoo of Johor.

The roof of this hut was dangerous! It might hurt the visitors if it fall...

The Camel

Beautiful Rhinoceros Hornbill

The Rhinoceros Hornbill, Buceros rhinoceros, is one of the largest hornbills, adults being 110-127 cm (43-50 in) long and weigh 2-3 kg (4.4-6.6 lbs). The Rhinoceros Hornbill lives in captivity for up to 35 years. It is found in only the highest form of rain forest. Click for more.

Colourful parrot

Binturong

The Binturong (Arctictis binturong), also known as the Asian Bearcat, the Palawan Bearcat, or simply the Bearcat, is a species of the family Viverridae, which includes the civets and genets. Click for more.

Iguana

Iguana is a genus of lizard native to tropical areas of Central and South America and the Caribbean. The genus was first described by Austrian naturalist Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti in his book Specimen Medicum, Exhibens Synopsin Reptilium Emendatam cum Experimentis circa Venena in 1768. The genus Iguana includes two species: the green iguana (a popular pet) and the lesser Antillean iguana. Click for more.

I fotgot the name of the animal above, does it look like Flamingo?

Related post :-
* The Forgotten Johor Zoo at Johor Bahru (Part 1)
* The Johor Zoo - The Double (Part 3)

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