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Palm Civet Cat –

We were lucky to spot this civet cat (paradoxurus hermaphroditus) up close in our night walks. Caught out by our flashlights, it froze allowing us to take pictures.

Coffee seeds harvested from the feces of the Palm Civet Cat is most sought after and is the most expensive in the world. Pulau Ubin used to have coffee plantations before the war. Next time we might just go looking for their droppings in old coffee groves for some good “weasel coffee”.

Civet cat droppings with undigested forest seeds.

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Night walking –

Other than at the jetty and Npark toilets, there are no street lighting in Ubin. A good thing which encourages shy animals and birds to come out at night. Also, nightscapes looks just as bright even under moonlight as your eyesight is tuned to the darkness.

We also brought an arsenal of flashlights. They are needed to perform several functions, such as lights dimmed for camp lighting, flood lights for walking, long distance throw lights for animal spotting and light painting for night photography.

It was a rewarding night when we went over to Ubin on National day.

Picture below (Photograph taken by my buddy Alan Tay). Elusive civet cat. We heard its mewling and spotted in the trees with our flashlights. Accordingly to Mr. Lim who lives nearby, its probably a young civet cat calling for its mother.