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Latest News & Events |
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Come & experience the
newly
upgraded Penang Butterfly Farm!
Our new attractions:
Tree of Life
Swing of Love
Cave of Mystery
Kingdom of Frogs
Horizon of Bugs
Aqua Fun
Reptile Zone
Reptile Hall of Fame
Biodiver-City Hall
and many more to come!
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Read Our Blog Updates |
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January 2nd, 2012
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Understanding Genetic Engineering & Its Future Prospects
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 Today, as the world is heading into an era of high technology and mass development, our natural environment is being exploited without our realization. The land once we had as farms, are transformed into a fortress of steel, concrete and cement. What more as the quality of human health has improved tremendously over the years, [...] Read more
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December 15th, 2011
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Weird ways of using insects.
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 Insects are among the most diverse group of animals, with about over 1 million species described. And aside from the diversity of their species and characteristics, there is such diversity in how we human utilize them. I’m sure many of you are familiar with bee-keeping for bee products, and insects as biological controls for unwanted [...] Read more
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December 1st, 2011
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Stuffs about our Staff: Nature Educationist
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 The knowledge that nature can give is limitless. Everyday there will be new discoveries and new mysteries unfolded. It is our commitment to share the wonders of nature to the public, especially the younger generation, the ones who are the hope of our future. This is why we have Ms Shakirah, our Nature Educationist, here [...] Read more
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November 14th, 2011
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Stuffs about our Staffs: Nature Specialist
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 For our very first episode of Stuffs about our Staffs, we would like to introduce 2 of PBF’s Nature Specialist. Meet Reina and Gan. They are the ones who guidethe visitors around the farm, bringing them to an up-close encounter with animals and plants. I’m sure some of you must have met them the last [...] Read more
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November 11th, 2011
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Stuffs about our Staffs
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 Here in Penang Butterfly Farm, we have a family of staffs who keep the farm going. We have people to ensure the happiness of all the visitors and also the happiness of all the butterflies and animals in the farm. Interestingly, every time we tell our friends and the public about where we work, [...] Read more
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October 6th, 2011
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Rouchussen’s Coelogyne
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 Coelogyne rochussenii orchids are back in Penang Butterfly Farm! Rouchussen’s Coelogyne is one of their common names.Some local communities called them the Indian Lady Orchid because these orchids are often used as hair ornament in the Indian Culture. What’s interesting it that, in the farm, we noticed them blooming when its very near Indian Festival. [...] Read more
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September 26th, 2011
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Pupae
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 There are just many kinds of pupa, formed by different species of butterflies. This is to show you some of the pupae in different varieties that we farm. The “Cruiser” butterfly pupae are my favourite – guess which ones are they? Read more
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September 15th, 2011
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Malaysia Day Special : Bunga Raya
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 Its impossible to not notice their loud colour with brilliant anthers and stigmas shooting out of the petals like bursting fireworks. That’s our National Flower, the Hibiscus, or what we called Bunga Raya in Bahasa Malaysia. Let’s study a little Bahasa Malaysia, shall we? ‘Bunga’ means flower while ‘Raya’ means great, grand or large. And [...] Read more
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August 19th, 2011
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Malaysia Day Special: Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing
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 Rajah Brooke’d Birdwing ©Penang Butterfly Farm Trogonoptera brookiana, or more commonly known as the Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing, was first described in 1855 by a British naturalist, Alfred R. Wallace in Borneo. In his book called ‘Malay Archipelago’, Wallace described the moment of finding the Rajah Brooke’s birdwing as: “on taking it out of my net, [...] Read more
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July 18th, 2011
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Sneak Peek 2
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 So have you seen our newly renovated farm? If you haven’t, you should! Here are some photos of our beautiful new indoor section: Enjoy the cool cave atmosphere and play peek-a-boo with the tarantulas, violin beetles, scorpions and more. Don’t miss the exhibits of mysterious creepy crawlies and the touch screen panels will tell you [...] Read more
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