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Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

10,000 Birds

He was also nearly strangled by a pet python that he kept. Purple Herons are not very common and quite shy in Shanghai while here, they behave like they own the place. Jerdon has also been noted as being rash. On one occasion, he tried catching a cobra by the tail and got bitten on the tip of finger which he slashed with a pocket knife.

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