Unique fauna of Indonesia

Javan Green Peacock

Javan Hawk Eagle

Javan Silvery Gibbon

Javan Rhino, currently the rarest mammals in the world

Javan Banteng Bull

Would you think the same if one of them ambush and bite your leg....! 
Komodo IS dangerous... they can dash run quite fast for some seconds

Anyway Komodo dragon is also starring in new James Bond 007 movie Skyfall. A casino in macau keep this unusual pet and later bite Bond's enemies...

Speaking of sushi, I wonder what would this fish tastes: 

Indonesian coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis). This living fossil fish is living on the deep waters of Sulawesi Sea, just outside of Manado, North Sulawesi, hence the name "menadoensis". Just recently identified in 1998. Accidentally discovered in 1997. 

On September 18, 1997, Arnaz and Mark Erdmann, traveling in Indonesia on their honeymoon, saw a strange fish enter the market at Manado Tua, on the island of Sulawesi. Mark thought it was a gombessa (Comoro coelacanth), although it was brown, not blue. An expert noticed their pictures on the Internet and realized its significance. Subsequently, the Erdmanns contacted local fishermen and asked for any future catches of the fish to be brought to them. A second Indonesian specimen, 1.2 m in length and weighing 29 kg., was captured alive on July 30, 1998. It lived for six hours, allowing scientists to photographically document its coloration, fin movements and general behavior. The specimen was preserved and donated to the Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense (MZB), part of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI).

I heard it tastes BAD...,  so luckily no fishermen would hunts them for food or exotic sushi... But their recent popularity could led them to be hunt, to be preserved and displayed in zoological marine museums or seaworlds worldwide.

If a living fossil could be found in Indonesian seas, I wonder what other surprises the nature have in store for us. 
Could it be another unidentified rare species lurking in Indonesian seas or jungles..?

Javan Leopard

Banded Linsang

Sumatran Elephant

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Hidden cameras have captured images of the critically endangered Sumatran rhino on the Indonesian part of Borneo island, where it was thought to have long ago died out, according to the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF). 

Sixteen camera traps -- remote-controlled cameras with motion sensors frequently used in ecological research -- filmed the rhino walking through the forest and wallowing in mud in Kutai Barat, East Kalimantan province. 

The footage, filmed on June 23, June 30 and August 3, is believed to show different rhinos although the WWF said confirmation of this will require further study. 

There were once Sumatran rhinos all over Borneo but their numbers have dwindled dramatically and they were thought to now exist only on the Malaysian part of the island. 

But the research disclosed Wednesday, a joint effort between the WWF and authorities in Kutai Barat, shows that the animal is still present on the Indonesian side of Borneo. 

There are estimated to be fewer than 275 Sumatran rhinos remaining in the wild, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). 

Source: ITN/AFP

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/tr...in-Borneo.html