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The biggest mistake one could do while visiting the Sepilok
lowland tropical forest would be watching the orangutans.
 
Watching only the orangutans, that is: because this formidable
stretch of wilderness-wisely preserved and just a few miles
away from the modern hustle and bustle of Sandakan offers
an unequal opportunity to observe the utterly complex mechanisms
of nature at work in the tropics and in comfort.
It is then - and only then - that one will be able to hear the hypnotic,
cicada-like song of the tree frogs, the booming, cackling call of
the great hornbill, the soft rustling of the dead leaves on the forest
floor at the passing of a bronze skink.
 
Only then the metallic shine of spider eyes will be apparent,
only then the dead brown little branch will start walking with
the hesitant steps of the stick insect, and it is only then that
the bright green leaf buds on a low shrub will suddenly take
the coiled shape of the pit viper waiting in ambush.
 
 
After having admired for as long as needed the delicate grace
of the big red-haired apes with their extraordinary prowess in
tree-climbing and upside-down vine-dangling, and after having
been dutifully moved to the depth of their heart by their soulful
gaze (no other primate looks at you like an orangutan does),
the visitors should stay a little longer in the forest and take
a leisurely stroll along the well marked trail in the company of
a biologist and guide from the Rehabilitation Center.
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