Chikita the Orangutan

As you may know, Miss B adopted an Orangutan this year – Chikita! Click here to read about Chikita.   Click this link – Chikita Update  to read Chikita’s six month update.   Chikita lives at Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre.   Maybe open a new tab and search for the meaning of the word Rehabilitation?  …

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Bosco the Monkey

Our class mascot is Bosco. He is a proboscis monkey from the island of Borneo.    Here are some photos of proboscis monkeys that Miss Beavis took when she visited Borneo a few years ago.   The younger ones (like Bosco) only have small noses.   But when they get bigger their noses grow so much!    …

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Holiday Task – Name our Mascot!

Hey 5/6J Kids and our International Visitors! Meet our new mascot. He’s a Proboscis monkey. The proboscis monkey is found only on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia.It gets its name from its large, fleshy nose. You’ll be learning more about the Proboscis monkey this term and the region that they are found: SOUTH…

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Miss B’s Trip to Borneo!

What an amazing place Sabah is! Sabah is a state of Malaysia, located on the island of Borneo. My trip started in Kota Kinabalu, the capital. This was a good base to go out to the islands and go snorkeling. Lots to see underwater! Along with ten other travellers we then headed into the jungle…

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Animals in Borneo

During our ten days in Borneo we saw orangutans, proboscis monkeys, long tailed monkeys, silver leaf monkeys, gibbons, wild pigs, snakes, huge monitor lizards, squirrels, hornbill birds, spiders, huge earthworms and millipedes, insects, leeches, fish, coral, eels…. It was like being in a zoo, but without fences! We didn’t get to see any pigmy elephants but we saw…

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Merry Christmas!

Hi everyone, Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. See you when I get back from the Jungles of Borneo! Stay tuned for more to come in 2010! Love Miss B

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