Animal Adventure: Singapore’s Night Safari
OK so you know I’m currently on tour in Asia. I just spent the weekend in Singapore. Running around with the False posse, I got wind of this Night Safari thing. It’s a zoo that’s only open at night! The only one in the world. Of course I had to check it out. In fact it’s only open from 7pm to midnight (those animals must have a good union) and we got there at 11pm so we had to hurry but it was still an incomparable experience.
I think my Twitter activity from that evening shows you what state of mind I was in:
“I’m going to Singapore’s nighttime zoo where I will mingle with nocturnal animals. Night safari I am so ready.”
“First animal at the night safari: a mouse-deer. Whoa!”
“Looking for the malaysian flying fox. These howling noises are scaring me shitless.” (It’s true, the wolves were howling like crazy in the dark.)
“Flying squirrels are big! Almost like a racoon and red. Big furry tail. I’m in the enclosure with it. Less affable than Rocky.”
“When a leopard pees it still looks majestic.”
All in all I saw mousedeer, fishing cat, otters, indian wolves, striped hyena, leopards, long-tailed porcupine, malay civet, flying fox and a giant flying squirrel… at night! All in 45 minutes.
Plenty more pictures after the jump.
Right as we were leaving I saw this little area where you can get your feet nibbled by little fish! I heard about this before though, it’s not just at the Night Safari. You put your feet in these water tanks and tiny fishies clean out your dead skin. Nature’s way!
After the Night Safari I said I wanted to taste some local exotic fruit so we went to the best place for fruit markets: the red light district (no joke). I tasted some durian (see below)… it’s stinky and tastes like bitter coffee. Durian burps are scary. I also had some mangosteen and lychee, and my favorite local beverage: fresh pressed sugarcane juice. That, unfortunately, kept me awake until the wee hours of the morning which is when I filmed the hotel review that you saw here.
Tags: durian, Night Safari
May 19th, 2009 at 3:05 am
keep it one hundred
May 19th, 2009 at 6:13 am
whaddup! i went to your show in KL and it was AWESOME! do come back will ya? and bring kanye too haha! hey post some pics from KL
May 19th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
Damn the sugar cane juice kept you up!!
More quirky images here –> http://wearefalse.com/2009/05/18/a-trak-x-false-x-singapore/
FALSE ——> Ooooout!
May 21st, 2009 at 1:09 am
mr. a-track, i was shopping at haji lane in singapore on sunday when you walked past. i wanted to shout aloud “HEY A-TRAK” and “OH MY GOD YOUR JORDAN 4s are SO SWEET” but, to quote the smiths , a strange fear gripped and i just couldn’t ask.
i hope you enjoyed your visit to singapore and that you come back really soon!!
May 21st, 2009 at 1:42 am
Friend,
You know you were not suppose to use Flash Photography while at the Night Safari because those animals are sensitive to flashes ?
May 21st, 2009 at 3:40 am
i just wanna say i love you moree.. huahahaha
May 21st, 2009 at 4:08 am
Dude, you got poutine in Hong Kong! In Lai Kwai Fong area…drop me an email if wanna do a beer tonight in HK, if you’re not to stressed!
Ciao,
//Chris
July 2nd, 2009 at 5:47 pm
i went on that night safari like 3 years ago!!, were the lions still behind like a 1m fence? big up to the furama!, i still have the complementary slippers ;D
PS. did you go to jurong bird park?
slickk, UK
December 4th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
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