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BLACK CROWNED NIGHT HERON Nycticorax nycticorax ©Laura Quick

Fun Facts:

Scientists find it easy, if a bit smelly and messy, to study the diet of young Black-crowned Night-Herons—the nestlings often disgorge their stomach contents when approached.

A breeding Black-crowned Night-Heron will brood any chick that is placed in its nest. The herons apparently don’t distinguish between their own offspring and nestlings from other parents.

Young Black-crowned Night-Herons leave the nest at the age of 1 month but cannot fly until they are 6 weeks old. They move through the vegetation on foot, joining up in foraging flocks at night.

The oldest Black-crowned Night-Heron on record was a female who was at least 21 years, 5 month old.

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A Fish-eating bat. I was gonna draw one catching a fish, but then I saw a pic of one being held by someone and the pose was too funny not to draw.

New Post has been published on http://www.therakyatpost.com/news/2014/04/28/pahang-likely-to-turn-site-of-dinosaur-fossil-discovery-a-tourist-spot/

Pahang likely to turn site of dinosaur fossil discovery a tourist spot

KUANTAN, April 28:

The site where the fossil of the fish-eating Spinosaurid dinosaur was found may be turned into a tourist spot by the Pahang government.

State Culture and Tourism Committee chairman Datuk Mohd Sharkar Shamsuddin said the move was, however, dependent on proof that the dinosaur once existed in that location.

“The Pahang government is still waiting for a report from researchers from the Universiti of Malaya (UM) on the fossil discovery.

“If it is proven that the dinosaur once roamed the area, we will turn the site into a tourist spot,” he said replying to a question from Datuk Wan Salman Wan Ismail (BN-Jengka) in the state assembly at Wisma Sri Pahang, here today.

Mohd Sharkar said the Pahang government was keeping the site of the fossil discovery a secret to facilitate research work and to keep intruders away.

“I hope members of the public can be patient as research by the University of Malaya will take some time.

“What I can say for now is that the discovery site is right in the middle of Pahang.”

In February, a group of UM researchers led by Assoc Prof Masatoshi Sone found a 23mm dinosaur tooth at an undisclosed location in central Pahang.