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__Sights and Sounds of Sungei Buloh:__
= Fauna =

**__ 1.Monitor lizard __**
====**Diet**: Monitor lizards tend to swallow their prey whole, like snakes. They are daytime lizards and most species actively search for food. Some species eat __carrion__, giant land snails, grasshoppers, beetles, whip scorpions, crocodile and birds; eggs, crabs, fish, other lizards, snakes, nestling birds, shrews and squirrels.====

**Reproduction:** Monitor lizards lay 7 to 35 soft-shelled eggs, usually deposited in holes in riverbanks or in trees along water courses.

 * ====All monitor lizards are tropical reptiles====
 * ======The monitor lizard can grow up to 2 metres======
 * ======Largest lizard in Singapore======
 * ======Likes to sunbathe======
 * ======Excellent swimmer======
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**Family:** __Kingdom__: Animalia, __Phylum__: Arthropoda, __Subphylum__: Crustacea, __Class__: Malacostraca, __Order__: Decapoda, __Suborder__: Pleocyemata, __Infraorder__: Brachyura
====**Diet:** Crabs eat a lot of things; they are known to eat both plant as well as animal foods. In that way, crabs are omnivorous. Most vegetarian crabs subsist only on algae. But flesh-eating crabs can eat other crustaceans, worms and mollusks. Crabs can also eat a mix of both plant and animal matter. ==== > ============ = = = =
 * ======These crabs climb out of the water to escape predation during high tide======
 * ======They feed on fallen mangrove leaves which do not decompose easily======

**__1.Atlas Moth__**
====**Life History**: At night a female releases pheromones into the air which can attract males. After mating the female will lay her eggs in small clusters on the underside of the host leaves. When the caterpillar hatches they feed on the host plant until they form their cocoon.==== = **__2.Cotton Stainer__** = = = = Flora =
 * ======Largest species of moth found in Southeast Asia.======
 * ======During breeding season, the Atlas Moth lays its eggs on the Sea Poison Tree.======
 * ======The Atlas Moth is primarily found in tropical forests and surrounding lowlands in the vicinity of their host plants.======
 * ======A brightly coloured insect in red and black.======
 * ======Not very palatable.======
 * ======feeds on plant sap======
 * ======Considered a pest to farmers======

__**1.Red Mangrove**__

 * ====== Can live in fresh water and salt water ======
 * ======Has roots that branch from trunks like stilts.======
 * ======This helps to prop up the tree in the soft mud so that it will not topple with the ebbing and rising tides======

__**2.Sea Hibiscus**__

 * ======Grow up to 13 metres tall======
 * ======Heart-shaped leaves======
 * ======Bright yellow flower with maroon eye.======
 * ======Opens in the morning and fades dull pink after falling in the same evening======
 * ======Seeds are enclosed in a star-shaped calyx cup======
 * ======The tree has many good uses, such as making a fence using the stem-cutting, wood for boat building and firewood, fibers from the bark strings and roots.======

**__1. Dragon Scales__**

 * ======Non-flowering plant======
 * ======Is a tiny and hardy fern======
 * ======Highly adapted for life on the branches of trees======

**__2.Singapore Rhododendron__**

 * ======Can be used for the cure of diarrhoea.======
 * ======The ripe fruit splits to expose a black pulp that stains the mouth black when eaten.======

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