Proposed Outing to the Zoo & Night Safari on Jul / Aug 2005
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Actually ah, do any of you read the infobits I put up on the Night Safari residents?
Just wondering if I should continue doing it or is it all just wasted effort. 
Tell me! Tell me!! -
if u really wanna take pictures of animals then its the zoo.Originally posted by Rhonda:Is that so?!!!
No fun!!!
otherwise at the night safari it will be people pics.
unless u wanna be inconsiderate like some tourists/locals who just flash the animals. -
yah but when is TAT??Originally posted by Rhonda:Aiyah, tare... already said wait till Faye Valentine is back mah! 
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Early August mah!! You nebber read one!!Originally posted by tare:yah but when is TAT??
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i got read but the latest animal look hideousOriginally posted by Rhonda:Actually ah, do any of you read the infobits I put up on the Night Safari residents? Just wondering if I should continue doing it or is it all just wasted effort.
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This, here, is a FISHING CAT!
The fishing cat occurs in fragmented populations in the following southeast Asian countries: India, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Sumatra and Java. They mainly inhabit areas where there are streams and rivers of fresh water, usually those covered by reeds, swamps, mangroves, and marsh.
It somewhat resembles the civet and looks like a housecat too!
(I wonder if it purrs!) 
They are very sturdily built animals, very powerful and thick, strong looking cats. They have a short broad muzzle with virtually no stop (the point at which the nose meets the forehead); very small rounded ears set low on the sides of their head; a rounded, almost pit-bull like jawset; very thick lower jaw and rounded head; and a thick neck. They have short sturdy legs, a short stubby tail that is very thick at the base, and their body is very heavy. Their coloration is a greyish brown with black bars running along their neck and face, and dark brown spots in rows on their body. Like most cats, they have eyespots on the back of their ears, which are black ears with one large white spot in the middle of the back of each ear. It serves to signal to other felines the cat's mood; the spots are clearly present when the ears are laid backward so it may signal aggression. They have a webbing between the toes of their front paws, and because of this, their front claws cannot be fully sheathed and so stick out all the time, which probably aid in catching fish.
As the name implies, the fishing cat is a proficient fisherman and is never found far from water - however the fishing cat shows a preference to slow moving or static water sources, swamp margins and wetlands over faster moving river or stream edges. Observations have been made of the fishing cat using two distinct techniques whilst fishing - firstly by taking fish with its paws from the waters edge and more radically by diving into the water to catch the fish with its jaws. Naturally the fishing cat is a strong swimmer. Not all of the fishing cats' prey is water based and its prey on dry land include rodents, young deer and small wild pig. The Fishing Cat is also powerful enough to take down calves and small dogs. Recent research of the fishing cats diet in India has revealed that grass also featured as part of the cats food source. So, it mainly jia hee, jia chai!
The Fishing Cat is 700-850mm long, weight 6-13kg on average (females are considerably smaller), and lives for up to 12 years.
Sadly, the Fishing Cat is 'Near Threatened'. There's a sub-species of the Fishing Cat in Java that's under 'Critical Threat'. They are often hunted for their fur.
Fishing Cats have proven to do well in suburban habitats though, and there are people who keep Fishing Cats! http://www.cathouse-fcc.org/fishingcat.html They seem to be pretty adaptable to human activities, maybe, just like our housecats!
But I guess that if you do keep one at home, you ought to get rid of your aquarium first!
Doesn't it look like a dwarf leopard?
Actually, the first (and only time) I went to the Night Safari, I was enchanted by the Fishing Cat because it had such an intensity in its eyes when it was looking at the fishes in the water. It was so still as it remained mesmerised. Then, suddenly, 'SPLASH!!!' it jumped into the water without warning, creating a huge splash and made us all go 'Aaaaaahhh!!!' in total surprise! hehehe! So pai seh... , like that, also I screamed! -
Orh, the Babirusa?Originally posted by tare:i got read but the latest animal look hideous Yeah, sadly, it does look pretty ugly! -
Eh... did you just say FLASH the animals??Originally posted by kopiosatu:if u really wanna take pictures of animals then its the zoo.
otherwise at the night safari it will be people pics.
unless u wanna be inconsiderate like some tourists/locals who just flash the animals. 
Didn't know got perverts who'd do that?! What if the animals mistook the gesture as the guy offering them a sausage as a snack? hehehehe!!!
And, nope... I wouldn't use the digicam flash on the animals... was thinking of using the Manual Mode. -
u can't capture anything even with manual mode... remember, motion blur?Originally posted by Rhonda:Eh... did you just say FLASH the animals?? Didn't know got perverts who'd do that?! What if the animals mistook the gesture as the guy offering them a sausage as a snack? hehehehe!!!
And, nope... I wouldn't use the digicam flash on the animals... was thinking of using the Manual Mode.
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even in the day, the critters don't stay still long enough (except for the giant tortoise) for a good shot.. much less the nightOriginally posted by Rhonda:Eh... did you just say FLASH the animals?? Didn't know got perverts who'd do that?! What if the animals mistook the gesture as the guy offering them a sausage as a snack? hehehehe!!!
And, nope... I wouldn't use the digicam flash on the animals... was thinking of using the Manual Mode. -
the fishing cat looks so demure in the 1st pic.. but when it's hunting, it looks.....
hmm... abt the size of a middle-sized dog breed? -
Oh.Originally posted by kopiosatu:u can't capture anything even with manual mode... remember, motion blur?
your shutter will open longer and the animals are moving. Never thought of that!
Then, how about using the Sports mode on my digicam? It can capture things moving, like, remember the Singapore skyline shots I took whilst travelling in my dad's car, then Bear's car? Taken from moving vehicles but somehow, the motion blur was eliminated.
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they will stay long enough for a DSLROriginally posted by the Bear:even in the day, the critters don't stay still long enough (except for the giant tortoise) for a good shot.. much less the night
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that's with adequate light.Originally posted by Rhonda:Oh. Never thought of that!
Then, how about using the Sports mode on my digicam? It can capture things moving, like, remember the Singapore skyline shots I took whilst travelling in my dad's car, then Bear's car? Taken from moving vehicles but somehow, the motion blur was eliminated.
Can?
at the nigh safari the only light source would be the orange lights which are dim... skyline shots are not moving, animals move. -
I think, it's smaller?Originally posted by tare:the fishing cat looks so demure in the 1st pic.. but when it's hunting, it looks.....
hmm... abt the size of a middle-sized dog breed?
Says somewhere that it's like a civet cat and its body length is only about 700-800 mm only. -
Skyline shots not moving... but the photographer was moving (in the car)! hehe!Originally posted by kopiosatu:that's with adequate light.
at the nigh safari the only light source would be the orange lights which are dim... skyline shots are not moving, animals move.
So, that means, no chance of taking nice shots of the Night Safari residents? -
u can d/l frm the internet?Originally posted by Rhonda:Skyline shots not moving... but the photographer was moving (in the car)! hehe!
So, that means, no chance of taking nice shots of the Night Safari residents? -
eh... most of the time motion blur occurs when the subject is moving or when you move your camera. What you did was eliminate the slight motion blur caused by the bumpy car.Originally posted by Rhonda:Skyline shots not moving... but the photographer was moving (in the car)! hehe!
So, that means, no chance of taking nice shots of the Night Safari residents?
but when shooting animals like these, they are either moving around or when u hold ur camera in that position, ur hand will shake and everything adds up to the blur.
how to counter that? bring a tripod. and make sure the animal doesn't move in that few seconds. -
Not the same as taking your own photos!Originally posted by tare:u can d/l frm the internet? -
too heavy...Originally posted by Rhonda:Eh... then how come you cannot fly? Too lazy or too heavy?
Actually, the Flying Squirrel probably inspired the creation of Pikachu! -
If there is an outing, can I join?
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Of course, Honeybunz!! You're more than welcome to join us!Originally posted by Honeybunz:If there is an outing, can I join? -
I can't attend any outings from the 6th to the 14th next month.
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YES!!!
uhh.. sure
been ages since we met upOriginally posted by Honeybunz:If there is an outing, can I join? -
Faye-Faye, now that you're back, WHEN would you be available to go on this outing?
We're ALL waiting for you, y'know?!