Out of their element: A gibbon trying to cross a gravel road located about 8km north of Kota Tinggi. — Picture courtesy of Gautam Krishnan of the Johor Malaysian Nature Society
KOTA TINGGI: A gravel road to some plantations and dairy farms here has encroached into the habitat of endangered gibbon families, disrupting their mating pattern as well. These displaced animals, which often swing on trees, have now come out to the edge of the road, calling out to their mates especially during the mating season.
Johor Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) vice-president Vincent Chow estimated that about 60 gibbons were affected.
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