I passed by Punti Kayu this morning, and it reminded me about our second trip there.We were invited to Punti Kayu for a friend’s child birthday outing a couple weeks ago. This seven- year- old- boy is Chisia’s buddy. Although he is a lot older than Chisia, they love to play with each other.
Punti Kayu is located in Jl. Burlian, about 6km from the Ampera Bridge. This natural forest has an amusement park and small zoo. Too bad the amusement park was closed when we were there, since they only operate on the weekends. But the good thing was there were not many people there and we had a heavy rain the night before. It washed the dust, and the air was clean. They have pine trees (pinus mercussi) here, and I love its smell,…. something that I miss a lot since I’ve been here.
I learned from the information brochure that this place covers 50 hectars area. Basically it is a good place to relax, but not well managed. The animals are in a bad shape and undernourish. It’s sad.
The children enjoyed feeding the monkeys. Oh my, they were every where, kept their eyes on you, tried to grabbed anything right from your hands. One monkey managed to stole two tea packs from us. The children also enjoyed being outside, having a spacious place to ran around, played tag and toilet seat.
We saw two Malu-malu/Kukang/Slow Loris (Nycticebus coucang).
They were so cute!
This species is found in: Bangladesh, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. They have dark rings around the eyes and a white nose, which make it stand out. According to Ehrlich and Musicant (1977), this primata like to play fighting.
During play-fighting both participants would be hanging by one or two feet with one sometimes supporting the weight of the two. Arms and legs can be twined during play-fighting. The Malu-malu/Kukang/Slow Loris will solicit play with the behavioral patterns head-butt and body wriggle. Play-fighting that lasts for an extended period of time will sometimes be broken up with rest periods. These primates have a special reticulum in their hands and feet which remove lactic acid build up allowing them to grasp with their hands and feet for hours. No wonder it seems they hugging each other forever!
So I guess we misnamed them. These creatures are not malu (shy) and try to hide their face but they are having fun play wrestling!
Well, it was a good birthday outing. Thanks Ashy!
This species is found in: Bangladesh, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. They have dark rings around the eyes and a white nose, which make it stand out. According to Ehrlich and Musicant (1977), this primata like to play fighting.
During play-fighting both participants would be hanging by one or two feet with one sometimes supporting the weight of the two. Arms and legs can be twined during play-fighting. The Malu-malu/Kukang/Slow Loris will solicit play with the behavioral patterns head-butt and body wriggle. Play-fighting that lasts for an extended period of time will sometimes be broken up with rest periods. These primates have a special reticulum in their hands and feet which remove lactic acid build up allowing them to grasp with their hands and feet for hours. No wonder it seems they hugging each other forever!
So I guess we misnamed them. These creatures are not malu (shy) and try to hide their face but they are having fun play wrestling!
Well, it was a good birthday outing. Thanks Ashy!
