Some more Nature

By way of relief from yesterday's post - random collection from Singapore.

This Golden Orb Spider (female) is about the size of my hand with outspread fingers.  It posed calmly for hoards of weekend nature tourists and photographers on one of my outings to green space.  I won't tell you where - don't want to put anyone off.  I have seen only two since being here - big but not at all scary and not dangerous - just let them get on with their excellent role in catching flying insects....

 I love these 'flat' or 2-dimensional palm trees.  There are quite a few further along my street.

Beside my MRT card for size

No idea what it is but reminds me in a small way of Pohutukawa

Boat Quay has a submerged boat landing which these fish and turtles were grazing the weed off.

There were 4 or 5 varieties of fish but only one kind came into the shallow water on top, the rest grazed the vertical sides.

Frangipani - it is not as common as I would have expected.  This was in Fort Canning Park.

Even the roofs of bus stop shelters have been used as growing space in places. 

Tiny doves the size of a starling

Red Jungle fowl at the Gardens - Mum and chicks

Mr and Mrs Red Jungle fowl

Posing nicely

Red Jungle Fowl are genuinely wild birds - the stock from which various domestic breeds have been developed.  They can be found all over the place here - even in the Gardens by the Bay.

Manmade tree

Real tree - better support for all the stuff that grows in trees.

Biggest seed I've ever held (with possible exception of coconut)