Heritage Fest 2009 asks "Who's your neighbour?" So the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research (NUS) and Reflections at Bukit Chandu (NAS) have decided to invite you on a 4-hour walk with the Raffles Museum Toddycats. They have plenty of stories to share with you about their neighbours in the Pasir Panjang/Kent Ridge area - about people as well as the plants and animals!
Learn about wildlife at our doorstep at the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research in the National Universtiy of Singapore. There are many surprising neighbours of ours that have defied the catastrophe of disappearing forests, shores and reefs.
Our guides will share stories of both hope and loss and encounters with these old neighbours of Kent Ridge as well as Singapore. These include the:
* Siglap Turtle (1883),
* Pasir Panjang Tiger Shark (1967),
* East Coast Black Marlin (1986),
* Bukit Timah's last Leaf Monkey (1987),
* Mandai Road Leopard Cat roadkill (2001)
* East Coast Sea Cow (2001)
* The 4.4 metre King Cobra (2002)
For registration and more details, please see http://heritagefest.rafflesmuseum.net/
Time: 8am and 9am
Meeting Point: Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research location details.
