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Surprising habitat: camera traps reveal high levels mammal diversity in oil palm plantations
2014-07-21 19:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: At first the forest seems still, with only the sounds of busy insects and slight movement of wind betraying activity in the patchy undergrowth. Then, curiously, a Malay civet (Viverra tangalunga), an animal resembling half cat and half weasel, scampers out to claim its prize: a stick smeared with margarine and honey. CLICK! Sensing the animals body heat, a camera trap strapped to a nearby tree captures an image of this creature's inquisitive behavior. After more than four and a half years of...
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