As Genting Tiara is surrounded by rainforests, it is only natural that we expect Mother Nature's creations to be our neighbours. I shall try to 'shoot' these wonderful animals whenever possible and share with everyone once in a while some of the more common creations and some quite bizarre and rare looking ones. We should not forget that 'we' are the guests of the forest, not the animals. So, let us all learn to live together in harmony, respect each other's private space and enjoy one another's company.
In this post, I shall just show a couple of bugs that I have 'shot'. Please rest assured that no animals were harmed in the making of this post.
Firstly, we have the Cicada. From this photo, it looks like a fly but when I was 'shooting' it, it is actually quite big (about 3" long and 1" wide) and was very calm in my presence. I know I should have taken a closer shot to give you guys a better look but I guess I was afraid that it would suddenly fly onto my body. My only bodily encounter with a Cicada is the toy version where we press with our fingers to emit a tic, tac, tic, tac sound, the ones often distributed in party packs.
Next, we have this beetle, from the beetle species, I think. Don't know it's actual name, so I'll just call it Mr Beetle. Mr Beetle here was discovered by my son on our porch one afternoon. As my son is a bug lover, he immediately called to me to show me a demonstration by this animal. Seeing that it seems to have a pair of nasty looking mandibles, my son put a piece of paper in between them and immediately, the mandibles went to work making a hole on the paper. This is one of the reasons why I truly appreciate being around Mother Nature. My kids will hardly be encountering, let alone interact with these wonderful creations in city living. This is where they can learn and admire the sophistication of animal bodily functions in person instead of just watching them on television. This is where we also let our children learn to respect other living beings by peaceful interaction instead of running away scared or gruesomely ending their precious yet fragile lives with powerful foot stomps.
Unfortunately, Mr Beetle here did not live to see the next day. I feel that it was all my fault. Fearful that I might accidentally run over Mr Beetle with my car, I scooped him up with a shovel and attempted to free him onto my garden 10 feet below. I was sure it would not get hurt as the grass would cushion the fall of Mr Beetle. However, due to my carelessness, Mr Beetle had dropped onto the concrete surface of my manhole cover instead of on soft grass. I was glad to see Mr Beetle still moving after that hard landing, so thought that everything was fine. But that was not to be as I discovered it's motionless body in my drain the next day.
Therefore, I stand corrected on my opening statement. One animal was indeed accidentally harmed in the making of this post. Sorry, Mr Beetle for my intended help on you became your undoing. I shall be more careful in future. May you rest in peace in Bug Heaven.
Finally, let us enjoy the love song performed by this cricket, a song which never fails to accompany me and my family during our sleepy nights - 'Music of The Night' (Not Phantom of The Opera version)
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