SUMMARY: My mammal highlights in Bali were Dugong, whilst surfing at Uluwatu (2004), and Horsfield’s Tree Shrew at Bedugul Botanical Gardens. I saw 12 species of mammals on various trips, including a two-month stay in 2015.
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Geoffroy’s Rousette Colony at Pura Goa Lawah (Bali, Indonesia), April 2015
SUMMARY: Pura Goa Lawah is home to a large colony of Geoffroy’s Rousette (Rousettus amplexicaudatus) that can be seen at the cave entrance. On my visit (29 April 2015) there were least 1,000 bats roosting in the cave; presumed to all be the same species.
Continue readingDugong at Uluwatu Beach, Bali (Indonesia)
Uluwatu Beach is a popular surf spot about 1.5 km north of Uluwatu Temple on the Bukit Peninsula (Bali). Whilst surfing here in January 2004 and waiting in the line-up (small surf, only about 3-foot) I saw the back of a Dugong (Dugong dugon) break the surface, about 15 meters away. An hour later when back on the cliff-top I looked down and had clear views of it feeding on the seagrass.
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