Not many museums have a “welcoming party” that is as amusing as the one at the Historical Museum of Kuala Selangor. Here, cheeky monkeys entertain people as they hike up the hill leading to the main building of the museum. The museum lies on top of Bukit Malawati and is located within an ancient fort [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Monkeys’
A hidden gem
Posted: 22nd March 2012 by R.AGE in BRATs, StoriesTags: Bukit Melawati, Dutch, Fort, History, Kuala Selangor, Lighthouse, Monkeys, Museum, Poison well
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Monkey business
Posted: 22nd March 2012 by R.AGE in BRATs, StoriesTags: Bukti Melawati, Feeding, Kuala Selangor, Malaysian Nature Society, Monkeys, Silver-leaf monkeys, Wildlife
VISITORS to Bukit Melawati have the relics of the fort to admire. There are cannons still standing in their original location ready to attack ships in the sea, the lighthouse that is still functioning, a museum and even a poison well. But many are most fascinated with the antics of the monkeys that roam freely [...]
Park life
Posted: 22nd March 2012 by R.AGE in BRATs, StoriesTags: Bukit Melawati, Crab-eating monkeys, Environment, Kuala Selangor Nature Park, Long-tailed macaques, Maichal Isthyben, Malaysian Nature Society, Mangrove forest, Monkeys
According to Maichal Isthyben, 27, park manager of the Kuala Selangor Nature Park (KSNP), there is a species of monkeys at the nature reserve called the crab-eating monkey. As Maichal pointed out to us when a group of these monkeys came by during our tour through the park’s secondary and mangrove forests, some of them [...]