Terrapin Museum (TM) :: Day 02 Updates :: Wet! Wet! WET!

wet! Wet! WET!

That has been the general weather here in Kuala Berang with “3 sekawan” (3 friends from TCS). Its been raining non-stop and certain states surrounding Hulu Terengganu, Terengganu has been hit by the 2nd wave of floods (namely Kuantan in Pahang & Jeli in Kelantan). Here’s wishing they stay safe & stress-free!

On the local front in Kampung Dusun, its been quite an eventful day as we had all hands on deck, cleaning the exteriors & interiors, from walls to window panes. Its spanking clean now yet if you knew the tribulations we had to face, we were “hit” but insufficient water. Remember the last post, we ended with a pic of an excavator – well unfortunately, while they were doing earthworks at our Terrapin Museum, they hit the pipe mains and we were tasked to carry clean water to site. Trials & tribulations.

On a positive note, we managed to confirm all the exhibits and even hung some for placement-sake. The rest, we would’ve to regenerate and print in KT at our neighbourhood printers.

TCS member putting up carapaces

Setting up a museum was a breeze since we have had 40 combined years of both, sea turtles and river terrapins research and experience, under our belts. Plus, not forgetting the Kg Mangkok experience, which allowed us to speed things up a lot more! Setting the flow, people movement and objectives of the information we would like our future guests to take home allowed us to create awareness and at the same time, the opportunity to educate the locals, general public and members.

Prof Chan giving a hand

Day 02 ended slightly late for all of us but it was a pleasure as we managed to put up 2 sides of the walls out of 6 walls, covering the 18 species of Malaysian freshwater turtles, river terrapin’s life cycle and threats faced by turtles.

Info on display at the Terrapin Museum

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Turtle Conservation Society

The Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia was established in October 2011. The aim of the society is to bring about the recovery of depleted wild populations of turtles, with particular reference to freshwater turtles, in Malaysia through partnerships with like-minded organizations, individuals and local communities as well as through its own programs.

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