Bako – pigs and snakes!
An animal we saw several times today was the bearded pig – or in this case a bearded pig and a stubbly piglet. They are found across Borneo but are persecuted by farmers and hunted outside the national parks.
We have met Bornean Pit Vipers before (on Monday in fact) at Mulu and we found them here in swamp forest near the start of our trek. As usual they didn’t seem at all bothered by our proximity and multiple cameras. Wonderful animals. Another reptile on the walk was the Borneo Skink (Dasia vittata) which we have also seen in Mulu.
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Beautiful snake, sadly you can’t have one of those Issy, pity as I would borrow it
All looks very dangerous Simon! I hope you didn’t get too close.
Camera zoom makes us look much closer than we are.
Glad to hear it. Keep safe all of you.
We are really big Skink fans at this end – what a fantastic sight.