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Javan Mynas and wild boars

on 1st February 2009

Adrian Lim a.k.a. wmw998 was in Muar, Johor, Malaysian late November 2008 when he encountered a pair of wild boars (Sus scrofa).

There was a pair of Javan Mynas (Acridotheres javanicus) foraging together with the pigs. The mynas were even seen perching on the back of the animals, waiting for insects to be displaced by the foraging pigs.

In Singapore we used to see mynas moving with cows, during the days when cows were allowed to wander along the roads of Singapore, to graze on grass growing by the roadside. Then the government threatened to catch these wandering cows and slaughter them, sending the meat to charity homes. Nowadays, these mynas wait around grass cutters for the same reason. And around those who weed their gardens or re-pot their plants.

Image by Adrian Lim.

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YC Wee

Dr Wee played a significant role as a green advocate in Singapore through his extensive involvement in various organizations and committees: as Secretary and Chairman for the Malayan Nature Society (Singapore Branch), and with the Nature Society (Singapore) as founding President (1978-1995). He has also served in the Nature Reserve Board (1987-1989), Nature Reserves Committee (1990-1996), National Council on the Environment/Singapore Environment Council (1992-1996), Work-Group on Nature Conservation (1992) and Inter-Varsity Council on the Environment (1995-1997). He is Patron of the Singapore Gardening Society and was appointed Honorary Museum Associate of the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) in 2012. In 2005, Dr Wee started the Bird Ecology Study Group. With more than 6,000 entries, the website has become a valuable resource consulted by students, birdwatchers and researchers locally and internationally. The views and opinions expressed in this article are his own, and do not represent those of LKCNHM, the National University of Singapore or its affiliated institutions.

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4 Responses

  1. I’ve seen the wild boars at Chek Jawa moving out to forage on the mudflats to forage at low tide. The mynas follow them, probably to pick up food items that the wild boars manage to dig up.

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