At the mere mention of Sabah, most travellers will imagine Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan, Kinabatangan or Sipadan. While these are indeed wonderful spots to visit, there’s so much more to explore in the Land Below The Wind.
Since its premiere in 2000, the hit CBS reality game show “Survivor” has taken place across the globe, with each season set in an exotic island locale: Pulau…
IS this a case of fatal attraction? Has the ancient beauty of hawksbill turtle tortoiseshell landed it in a population crisis and may prove its undoing?
Population sizes of hawksbills have “sharply declined” due to many human factors but the most profound is the harvest of its carapace scutes (bony scales) known as tortoiseshell or bekko, fuelled by the intensive shell trade on the tortoiseshell which is a luxury item used to make elegant combs and brushes, jewelry boxes and ornaments, well into the 20th century.