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Crocodiles in Singapore’s Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

on 19th December 2013

For years visitors have known about the presence of the Estuarine Crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) in Singapore’s Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. There are prominent signs around but few take them seriously LINK (left, by KC Tsang). These crocs were elusive and few visitors actually encountered them. The large Malayan Water Monitors (Varanus salvator) have always been more visible than the much larger crocs LINK.

Even the video clip below, uploaded on 6th September 2013 by Jeremiah Loei failed to get the attention of the public.

Then came November 2013 when a group of visitors encountered a large croc lying across the main footpath in the reserve. Once the image was uploaded onto the net, people became aware of the possible threat of these large reptiles to life and limbs.

The Straits Times ran a piece on the encounter LINK. And Channel News Asia arranged an interview with Nature Consultant Subaraj Rajathurai.

And of course people are still writing to the print media… (below).

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YC Wee

Dr Wee played a significant role as a green advocate in Singapore through his extensive involvement in various organizations and committees: as Secretary and Chairman for the Malayan Nature Society (Singapore Branch), and with the Nature Society (Singapore) as founding President (1978-1995). He has also served in the Nature Reserve Board (1987-1989), Nature Reserves Committee (1990-1996), National Council on the Environment/Singapore Environment Council (1992-1996), Work-Group on Nature Conservation (1992) and Inter-Varsity Council on the Environment (1995-1997). He is Patron of the Singapore Gardening Society and was appointed Honorary Museum Associate of the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) in 2012. In 2005, Dr Wee started the Bird Ecology Study Group. With more than 6,000 entries, the website has become a valuable resource consulted by students, birdwatchers and researchers locally and internationally. The views and opinions expressed in this article are his own, and do not represent those of LKCNHM, the National University of Singapore or its affiliated institutions.

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