Observations by carissaaa

This is an erect and short-lived type of grass (though its abundance resembles weeds). It is only about 50-70cm tall. It is slightly bent at the base, but the rest of the stem is straight and flat (around 50cm). The stem is quite thin (sensitive) and has a dark green color. There are some leaf blades from the roots to the midsection of the plant and they are narrow, flat, and maybe only 10cm tall. If you look closely at the leaves, you can also spot some minimal hair. At the top of the plant is its flowers which form a fan shape and is made up of densely cluttered spikes that look similar to Cohon Grass. Though the spikes are cluttered, the awns are placed proportionally. The spikes are a medium purple color with some hints of yellow, and they grow upward. The spikes are fairly long for its size and thin (easily swayed/broken by wind). The Finger Grass is a simple plant that densely overlaps each other and I assume to reproduce quickly.

The duck was about 45-50cm in length. It has a mostly brown plumage, a dark brown/black stripe on its crown, and some dark spots on its breast. It has a long neck that is sightly lighter in color, thin, and curves inward towards the breast. The duck's beak is a solid brown/black color. Its feathers are quite long and form some sort of pattern with a dark black/brown center and a lighter red-brown on the edges of each feather (creates a centric design). There is no visible neck ring. The feathers on the wing are a mixture of white, red-brown, and black/brown, while the feathers towards the end of the duck is almost purely black/brown, has no patterns, and seem to be less layered and softer. This is similar to the Lesser Whistling Duck except it lacks a yellow eye ring and red rump.

The snail is about 20cm in length and 5-7cm in height. The shell is shaped like a cone unlike other more spherical shells of snails, and is primarily brown. The whorl of the snail is at the back not the side like it is most commonly, and is quite small. There is a certain pattern on the shell - stripes going either a vertical direction or a horizontal on different sections. The shell looks really hard and difficult to break. The upper and lower tentacles of the snail is a tan shade, the head a darker brown, and the foot a charcoal grey. All of these parts look relatively scaly and slimy and have a wet sheen. As seen in the photo, the snail leaves a slimy residue to its path. If you flip the snail over, you can see that the mantle of the shell is also grey and that the underside of the snail is a gradient of grey to tan.

This plant is about 3-5m tall and looks more like shrubs/small trees. The stem and leaves are a medium green color while the flowers/buds are a vibrant crimson red (perhaps to attract pollinators). The flower buds look like raspberries from afar, but a closer look reveals a more spherical shape and some sparser clumps. The buds open to a hemispherical, red, puffy flower head that is about 7-8cm across. The puffy facade is due to the masses of scarlet stamens that is attached to a central point. Though it looks sharp, the stamens are actually quite soft and fluffy, and hence sensitive.

The turtle has an elongated oval carapace that is domed and serrated near the hinds of the organism. The pattern of the shell is similar to average turtles except this one is more "broken up" and unsymmetrical. The turtle is a dark brown-green color, while its underside is a pattern of both light green and yellow. It has red ears on the side of its head but it is a bit darker in the picture probably due to the water/dirt. The green head of the turtle is rounded with a long snout and notched upper jaw. Its texture looks scaly and moist, as well as there is some sort of sheen film on top of it (water/slime?). There were many turtles ranging from 40cm to smaller.

The color of the plant is a dark crocodile green, and its stem just a little bit lighter than that. It grows in clumps and has quite a large width. The clumpier bunches are closer to the ground and maybe only 40cm tall, whereas the single stem leaves are about 1m-2m tall. The leaves of the plant are long, ridged, and glossy. They are stiff and fans out from a slender petiole. The tips of the leaves are blunt and jagged (forming an 'm' shape). There are about 10-15 leaves on each stem and they are all individually spread out.

The Grey Heron was approximately 1m tall. It had a grey plumage with a long black crest on its head, the neck was white with black stripes on the front as far as I could tell, and its feathers were ashy to charcoal grey (all indicators that this was an adult heron). It had a long, thin, and seemingly sharp yellow bill (though it looks slightly dirty in the photo). Its legs were yellowish-brown and thin, as well as its "toes" were sprawled out flat. As seen in the photograph, when the heron flies, its neck is tucked in and the black feathers versus the grey wing is very distinct. The shape of the heron is an 's' figure from its head to its body.

This monkey is common in Singapore and can be found near forests/beaches. Its body is approximately 45cm, and its tail about 55cm (also nicknamed "long-tailed"). Its fur is a grayish-brown color on the backs, legs, and arms, but the underside of the monkey is a slightly lighter olive to beige tone. However, its skin is pure brown. The monkeys' fur is long and seems to sway in one direction. Their face is pinkish-grey with really prominent eyelids and the fur on their head swept back to form something that is similar to a crest on the midline. If you look closely, you can also see that the monkeys have relatively sharp teeth and have cheek whiskers. The hands of the monkey is very similar to that of humans (5 fingers, proportionate sized arms/fingers). As seen in the picture, the monkeys traveled in a group and followed a leader, as well as hang around large groups in general.

Most of the island was covered by these Rhu trees. They were extremely tall to even possibly 50m. Its bark is deep brown, thin for the height of the tree, ridged, and flaky in oblong pieces. Though it is a flowering tree, I did not notice much fruits or flowers with the exception of some cones here and there. However, the tree has very delicate needle-like twigs that disillusions the tree to look very soft and similar to the leaves of a Weeping Willow. The color of the twigs/leaves are dull and similar to that of sage/seaweed. Some leaves are also brown. The leaves which are reduced to tiny, pointed scales are arranged in patterns of 10 at the joints of the twigs so it is actually fairly sparse. Due to its sensitive nature, the leaves easily fall off and are more affected by the wind. There is not much wildlife living on the trees either, besides the average bird.

The Oriental Garden lizard is about 40cm in size. It has a stout body with small, bumpy scales similar to an iguana. Its head and neck is a vibrant orange color, whereas the rest of its body is a tan to terracotta shade. However, it has a black patch from its head to its throat (an indicator of the male gender). It's tail is fairly long (almost twice the length of its body), pointy, and seemingly stiff. Its crest is a not as tall or extravagant as other lizards, and maybe only about .5cm taller than the rest of the body. The legs of the lizard are short, but its toes and claws are very long with no seeming pattern in its variation of length (which most likely aids its grip in the vertical position on the tree). Both its ear and nostrils look small, and its eyes move in all different directions rapidly.

This grass is usually referred to as "lalang" in S.E.A.. The Cogon Grass grows in loose bunches but in large numbers that it can fill up fields (as seen in the photo). A bunch of leaves arise from the same central area or root which seems strong and thus invasive to the surrounding plants. Its stem is a chartreuse green and is extremely thin which is probably why the shoots are bent/broken throughout the fields. However, the stem is still able to hold bright yellow, feather-like hairs. A closer look in the picture reveals that the hairs resemble golden-brown spikes that also attaches the organism's small and fluffy seeds amidst its ends. The hairs are very fragile and easily come off (most likely a method to efficiently transfer the seeds) and look like they are weaved in some sort of pattern around the shoot.

I spotted these wild boars right by the side of the road around the outskirts of the forests (many were hiding deep inside the bushes). There were about 5-6 boars that came out. Their size ranged from small to medium, but none of them were large (possibly juvenile stage). It is light grey-brown in color, with a white band on its muzzle and has a dark patch on the top of its snout till above its ears. The hairs of the boar are short and sparse (golden brown on some areas and white in others), and were covered with leaves/mud/feces. It has relatively thin legs which curves slightly to its large hooves, as well as a thick and short neck. It seems to have sharp teeth also (one of them fought with another and I caught a glimpse). The ears of the boar are very similar to that of pigs as well as the sounds it made (but a tad bit deeper/more aggressive).

This leafhopper is very small and approximately 10mm in length. It has an orange head, thorax, and wing, but is dark blue/black on the bottom of its wing and some spots on its head. The leg joints are also hinted with that same blue-black color. The 6 legs of the Borthrogonia addita looks very lightweight and long (which aids in its quick jumping from leaf to leaf) and its hinds are covered in white hairs (most likely for sensory). Its wings have a similar pattern to that of other leafhoppers (inscribed lines) and looks hard but with a slightly glossy coat. There are about 3 parts to the organism's body.

This male, red Junglefowl was seen with many other female Junglefowls (also pictured). However, the male Junglefowl seems to have a much more vibrant appearance than its female counterpart. It has a golden-orange to red crown, as well as a black tail that has some specs of emerald green. The cock is bright red and it has a white tuft. It was fairly large in size, perhaps 60-70cm in length. It was covered in feathers, but they were bound very close together and had a slight hint of brown. Though it resembles a rooster, I believed it was related more to the chicken family based on its sounds. This is unpictured, but the chickens gathered close to a bush and hid there when they saw me approaching (also important to note that the male Junglefowl is the leader of the group); they were most likely looking for food as they were pecking on the grass.

This plant has sharp, slightly golden/brown spines running through it in a circular formation. As you can see in the picture, the edge of the spikes are very pointy which prevents me from touching it (could be a protective element). The stem runs very long up the trees and almost sprouts out in between other plants, most likely able to do so because of such spikes. Through my observations, I noticed that the plant did not bear any flowers/fruit, but that could have just been because of the perspective from where I was standing (at the base). The stem is a dark green hue but some other areas are more brown and red. It also gathered in large densities.