In parts of Bangkok many residents keep on encountering unwanted visitors to their homes: snakes that set up camp in toilets and various nooks. Such unwelcome visits have never been uncommon in the Thai capital, which is situated in a floodplain. Yet the number of home intrusions by slithering serpents…
The health of many a Malaysian river is questionable, but it doesn’t get much worse than this: Sungai Tebrau in Johor has become so badly polluted that all marine life, save for a few resilient species of fish, has gone practically extinct in it. The cause of the pollution: the rampant…
Rats. The mere name of these pesky rodents, which have long plagued communities around Malaysia, tends to trigger a feeling of unease. Rats routinely infest homes, kitchens and garbage dumps, serving as perennial vectors of disease for people and animals alike. That we have long known. It turns out, however,…