Elusive Marbled Cat Filmed

The little-known marbled cat, whose tail is nearly the length of its body, was recently captured by a camera trap in Indonesia. LINK

19.2 Pound Bundle of Joy

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Attention moms! Can we have your attention please? To everyone who likes to brag about giving birth to 8, 9, even 10-lb. babies, we advise you keep quiet around Ani from Indonesia. The woman recently delivered a 19.2-lb. bruiser, the heaviest newborn ever recorded in the country.

For those wondering if this baby boy (as of yet unnamed, but we suggest "Hulk") is the heaviest newborn in history, the answer is no. The record belongs to an American infant born in 1879. He weighed 23 pounds, 12 ounces. Sadly, he died a few hours after being born. An ABC station reports that the heaviest baby to survive weighed 22 lbs., 8 ounces. We sure hope the big guy was always extra-nice to his mother. LINK

World’s Largest Plants Up Close and Personal

Here’s the Titan arum (amorphophallus titanum) in all its glory. This beauty is a native of the equatorial rainforests of central Sumatra, Indonesia. Its blooming stalk can reach a height of three metres (ten feet) and one metre (three to four feet) in diameter. Like the Rafflesia, even Titan arum emits a strong, repulsive odour to attract pollinators like carrion and flesh flies, which is why both plants are also nicknamed “corpse plants.” LINK

New Pygmy Seahorse Species

Expeditions to the coral reefs of the Red Sea and Indonesia revealed a flurry of 5 new (and cute!) pygmy seahorses. This one above is the Walea pygmy seahorse, found off the waters of the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia.

National Geographic has the photo gallery: Link, Via: Neatorama

Bug-Eyed Pygmy Tarsier Primate Rediscovered in Indonesia

One of the world’s smallest and rarest primates — the pygmy tarsier — has been spotted by scientists 80 years after they were thought to have become extinct, in a mountaintop cloud forest on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.

Pygmy tarsiers are small primates with dense gray to dark brown silky fur to keep warm in a damp, chilly habitat, weighing about 2 ounces (50 grams). They’re typically about 4 to 6 inches long with elongated hind limbs and a thin, tufted tail of about 8 to 12 inches that provides balance and support.

The adorable little tarsiers cling vertically to trees and leap from trunk to trunk, capable of jumping almost 10 feet (3 meters). LINK



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Rarindra Prakarsa Photography

Golden Moment

He lives in Jakarta, Indonesia.
He is a semipro photographer and has a very impressive portfolio.
All photos with beautiful lighting, nice composition, fantastic colors.

Rarindra Prakarsa Photography, LINK

Indonesian Mimic Octopus

The Indonesian Mimic Octopus, Thaumoctopus mimicus. This fascinating creature was discovered in 1998 off the coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia, the mimic octopus is the first known species to take on the characteristics of multiple species. This octopus is able to copy the physical likeness and movement of more than fifteen different species, including sea snakes, lionfish, flatfish, brittle stars, giant crabs, sea shells, stingrays, jellyfish, sea anemones, and mantis shrimp. This animal is so intelligent that it is able to discern which dangerous sea creature to impersonate that will present the greatest threat to its current possible predator. For example, scientists observed that when the octopus was attacked by territorial damselfishes, it mimicked the banded sea snake, a known predator of damselfishes. LINK: Youtube

Sidekick Arbyn------Huge rat discovered in Indonesia

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/17/giant.rat.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryviewDon't
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"Photographs Captured In Indonesia"

Wonderful scenes captured by an Indonesian photographer. Sorry I don't have the photographers name.