The Flying Saucer At Sunset

Lenticular clouds (Altocumulus lenticularis) are stationary lens-shaped clouds with a smooth layered appearance that form in the troposphere, usually above mountain ranges. One was spotted in Singapore recently...

Eyes Of 30,000 Honeycombs

With 30,000 individual facets, dragonflies have the most number of facets among insects. Each facet, or ommatidia, creates its own image, and the dragonfly brain has eight pairs of descending visual neurons to compile those thousands of images into one picture...

A Kaleidoscope Of Colours, Shapes And Patterns

Spectacular and innovative in design, the Flower Dome replicates the cool-dry climate of Mediterranean regions like South Africa, California and parts of Spain and Italy. Home to a collection of plants from deserts all over the world, it showcases the adaptations of plants to arid environments...

Lightning Strikes, Not Once, But Many Times

Unlike light, lightning does not travel in a straight line. Instead, it has many branches. These other branches flashed at the same time as the main strike. The branches are actually the step leaders that were connected to the leader that made it to its target...

Are You My Dinner Tonight?

A T-Rex has 24-26 teeth on its upper jaw and 24 more on its lower jaw. Juveniles have small, sharp blade-shaped teeth to cut flesh, whereas adults have huge, blunt, rounded teeth for crushing bones. Is the T-Rex a bone-crushing scavenger?

Celebrating Nila Utama's First Birthday

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Night Safari
Mandai, North, Singapore
20 November 2011

Nila Utama, the first elephant to be born at the Singapore Zoo and Night Safari in nine years,  celebrates his first birthday at an exclusive tea party today.


The little elephant, lovingly referred to as "Nila" by his keepers and who is named after the Palembang prince who founded the kingdom of Singapura, received a giant birthday cake made from carrots, wheat and ice, among other ingredients, while his guests enjoyed delicious elephant-shaped mini cakes and other tea-time treats during the celebration.

Learning about conservation through the handler with her owl...

An elephant-shaped cake and mask...

Delicious yummies to while tea-time away...

A very special goodie bag for party guests...

Invited guests  (Merlion Wayfarer included!) went on a gourmet safari tram ride at the Night Safari, which stops at the Asian elephants exhibit where the party was be held. It was fascinating seeing all the Night Safari animals clearly in bright daylight.


Mr. Kumar Pillai, general manager of the Night Safari, said the birth of Nila Utama was a significant milestone as it underscored the importance of education and conservation of Asian elephants in the wild.
"This mini event is not only a birthday celebration for Nila - 
it also highlights the success of captive breeding programmes like ours and 
the plight of these beautiful animals in the wild."



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Dinosaurs Live! - A Night With T-Rex

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Science Centre
Jurong East
West, Singapore
28 October 2011

Merlion Wayfarer won an overnight stay at DINOSAURS Live! to promote StarHub's launch of Steven Spielberg's Terra Nova TV series. It was held at the Singapore Science Centre. (Thank you, StarHub & Science Centre!)

(Source : TV Rage)

Anxious to be spending a night among towering exhibits and with visions of dinosaurs come alive, she steps into the exhibition hall...
And is greeted by a T-Rex!

As she ventures further into the wilderness...

 Beware... These dinosaurs move and roar!

Alligators have teeth and they bite!

Now... What if several of them gang up to attack you?

The special effects lighting creates the mood... 
Is one going to jump out of the shadows in that corner over there?

How's this for size? - You can walk beneath a dinosaur!

Do dinosaurs stand up on their hind legs or are they on all fours?

After the nail-biting tour of the giants, Merlion Wayfarer was led into the lobby, away from all the man-eaters. She breathes a sigh of relief...

Rides for kids that look real!

Games include digging for "bones" and puzzles...

A ration pack as all sit down to enjoy the pilot episode on the mega big screen...

As the show draws to a close, sleepyheads wander back among the trees to search for a resting place for the night...
  
Laying out the sleeping bags... 

Which dinosaur would you choose? 

The Ankylosaurus herd guards over Merlion Wayfarer's herd...
Are you sure you don't mind the T-Rex in your dreams?

At dawn, Merlion Wayfarer awakens to the gentle strains of the theme song from Terra Nova...

A fitting breakfast of toast with Milo Dinosaur is served...

As Merlion Wayfarer steps out into the fresh morning air, 
just like the finale of Jurassic Park, a flock of birds flew by...


More photos are available on Merlion Wayfarer Goes Green's Picasa at :
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