We met at the Malaysian Nature Society Nature Education Center. Within a few minutes I spotted a couple of hundred ants pulling a cicak around(pronounced = cheechak), a common house gecko, for a 'light' snack. They didn't appear to have a foreman in charge... they were pulling from all angles and making no progress.

I called everyone over and said, "Hey, you wanna see something cool?"

One of my colleagues, a 4th grade teacher said, "You wanna know what I think is cool? I think it's cool that YOU think this stuff is cool!"

We walked a few hundred meters and spotted Raquet Tailed Drongos, Black Naped Orioles, what was possibly an Olive-backed Woodpecker, and a Barbet, all sitting within a few meters of each other.

We also spotted this cool hive of activity... a nest of stingless, biteless wasps....

I got a little closer....

and a little closer....

Not far until we saw another power struggle.. between an ant and a hemipteran...

We saw a huge tree with a bracket fungi growing on the side. Nothing special....

Until you zoomed in and looked under the mushroom...

Our guide from the Malaysian Nature Society was very informative. Here he's talking about the huge dipterocarp trees and the buttresses they have which help support their huge biomass during frequent rain storms.

If you look to his right you can spot the bracket fungi.. home to the alien landscape of beetles in the previous photos.