Alicia,+Kai+En,+Qin+Ruo,+Yin+Peng's+Group

Group members: Alicia, Kai En, Qin Ruo, Yin Peng from P5 Victorious Animals spotted at Kent Ridge Park or Hort Park:
 * __Kent Ridge Walk to Hort Park__**

1) Banded Bull Frog They are able to survive dry conditions by burying themselves in the ground and waiting for rain. Banded bullfrogs can be identified easily as they have a unique croaking sound.

2) Golden Backside Ant

Common Name: Golden Bum Ants Metallic golden abdomen make this species very attractive.

3) Pink-necked Pigeon Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

4) Koi Fish Koi literally "brocaded carp", are ornamental varieties of domesticated common carp (//Cyprinus carpio//) that are kept for decorative purposes in outdoor koi ponds or water gardens.

Plants spotted at Kent Ridge Park or Hort Park: 1) Giant Money Plant 2) Orchid 3) Rubber Tree/Plant 4) Staghorn Fern

5) Cupid's Shaving Brush



The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and requires well-drained soil.The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils.It cannot grow in the shade.It requires moist soil. Leaves and young shoots - raw or cooked. Used as a vegetable. The whole plant, including the flowers, can be eaten raw or cooked. The leaves are usually harvested and used before the plant flowers. A nutritional analysis of the leaves is available. The powdered plant is used to prepare a cake fermented with yeast (called marcha in Nepal) from which liquor is distilled.

6) Sunflower 7) Lady's Finger 8) Pink Hibiscus 9) Blue Pea Flower (Bunga Telang) The Bunga Telang or Blue Pea Flower is a creeper and today it can be seen growing on fences. Once one grows the seeds, the creeper plants grows very fast and in about one to two months, it starts blooming all year long. The more the number of flowers plucked, the more flowers will bloom. The Bunga Telang or Blue Pea Flower likes rich and moist soil. It needs lots of sunshine to grow well. However, scorching sunlight can cause the leaves to dry up fast. The Bunga Telang or Blue Pea Flower is a common ingredient used as natural food dye for making nonya kuehs.

10) Tembusu Tree The Tembusu is a large evergreen tree native to South-east Asia. Its trunk is dark brown, with deeply fissured bark, looking somewhat like a bitter gourd. It grows in an irregular shape from 10 to 25m high. Its leaves are light green and oval in shape. Its yellowish flowers have a distinct fragrance and the fruits of the tree are bitter tasting red berries, which are eaten by birds and fruit bats.

11）Cherry

__ Homes of Animals __

This is a squirrel's nest. Grey squirrels' nests - also known as dreys - are made mainly of dry leaves and twigs in the forks of trees, and are usually about the size of a football. They are built fairly high in a tree and lined with dry grass, shredded bark, moss and feathers. Sometimes the gray squirrel may make its nest in a hollow trunk, inhabit a permanent tree den, or take over a rook's nest, constructing a roof for it. Red squirrels' nests are also built of twigs and leaves/grass. They are slightly smaller than the nests of the gray squirrel. A squirrel may build several dreys and move from one to the other, mainly, it is believed, to prevent fleas and lice infestation.