Taman Rimba Kiara is a little green gem located in a corner of the TTDI residential area. The above flowering tree, the firmiana malayana or mata lembu, flashes in testimony to man's care-less-ness - it's one of only two trees in the park that had flowered, since then the tree had been chopped down.

Tuesday, 18 February 2025

The other beauty

Google AI:

A green crested lizard sheds its skin in small pieces, not as a whole like a snake, and you might notice a duller appearance on their skin, indicating they are about to shed; this shedding process helps them grow and replace damaged skin, and they typically eat the shed skin afterwards as a way to regain nutrients.




When spotted, this Green Crested Lizard was perhaps in the midst of getting rid of the last of its old skin, and its prolonged motionless stance was only comprehensible when the calls of a nearby Green-billed Malkoha was discernible.




Escaping to the less open and exposed area of the leaf.


And when the coast looked clear, it returned to its original position.


Eating its old skin.



And on the watch again.



When all's clear, it moved on to resume eating.




An hour had passed already, and it's still unfinished business with bits of old skin still visible.



Looked like another attempt to finish off what's left ...



... only to look rather 'feminine' at best, off an incomplete task!



A rather handsome fella notwithstanding the offensive bit!





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