Sunday afternoon Marie and I visited the FRIM (Forest Research Institute of Malaysia). This is a protected wild area concentrating the majors species of trees and plants of the Borneo's primary forest. One good thing about this park is that although it's only 25 min North of KL, as soon as we entered it we felt like we were trekking in the heart of Borneo's jungle! We took the short loop (about 4 miles). This was enough to feel weird: I already noticed this, jungle trekking has a hypnotizing power on me! After some time I feel the same as after speleology. Perhaps it's due to the dense canopy above my head preventing me from seeing the sky and also from the thick silence due to the dense surrounding vegetation. Or maybe just the moist heat getting on my nerves?
Anyway, it was really interesting. We saw giant bamboos, screw shaped creepers, elephant trees, unattached trees, etc... Regarding the latter, the FRIM is really proud of those unattached trees, big time! Apparently the National Geo made a paper about it... Actually it's something truly unusual (cf. picture on the left). It was curious to figure out why on Earth those trees won't just overlap like any other tree! I googled it but didn't get a hit. Same for National Geo online archives. If some biologist specialised in jungle trees wander around please share your knowledge!This album is powered by
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