Images Dated 8th October 2007

Sun bear - showing long tongue

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Sun bear - showing long tongue
Range is tropical rainforest from Burma to Sumatra with smaller subspecies in Borneo, Southeast Asia
Helarctos malayanus
Such a tongue may be advantageous in its diet of honey, colonial insects eg. termites, bees, birds eggs and carrion. Named after the sun-like spot on its chest. The smallest bear but still potentially dangerous.
Wayne Lawler / Auscape / ardea
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