A bridge to save the langurs

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They came, they crossed, and they got killed.   Now with the installation of the country’s first residential road canopy bridge, treetop animals like the dusky langurs (Trachypithecus obscurus) can safely cross the busy stretch along Jalan Lembah Permai in Tanjung Bungah, Penang.  Read more at http://tinyurl.com/bdzhfs6w  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:03 To ensure the safe crossing of treetop animals across the busy stretch of Jalan Lembah Permai

00:08 in Tanjong Bunga, a residential road canopy bridge was built.

00:13 Constructed using sustainable and eco-friendly methods, the crossing, situated six metres

00:19 above the ground, is made from a fire hose connected to two poles on each side of the road.

00:25 So the objective of Nomi Crossing is to establish coexistence between humans and non-human primates,

00:31 basically urban monkeys, so that this road canopy bridge can serve as a crossing and reminder for

00:37 the people on the ground to remember regarding their natures and roots, as well as we are

00:41 co-sharing spaces with our urban wildlife neighbours. Yap explained that the team had

00:47 identified at least four groups of dusty langurs living in the Lembah Permai area, which have lost

00:53 their homes due to deforestation, habitat loss and other factors.

00:58 In Penang, we are blessed with the hills and the sea. So in the hills of Penang, you can find lots of

01:02 different mammal species ranging from monkey species to squirrels, even the reptiles and amphibians.

01:08 For Lembah Permai area over here, of course you can see the dusty langurs, but the long-tailed macaques

01:13 are also not really far from here, as well as the squirrel species and various small invertebrates

01:17 that we can spot them. So from our first bridge, Xperia Interlopaha, where we installed the first

01:23 road canopy bridge in Malaysia back in 2019 and also redesigned in 2020, we recorded more than

01:29 seven species of wildlife using the canopy bridge, including mammals, reptiles, amphibians,

01:33 birds, as well as invertebrates like the insects.

01:37 The project was a collaboration with APE Malaysia, a local social enterprise,

01:42 the Tanjong Bunga Assemblyman's Service Centre and the Tanjong Bunga Community Management Council,

01:48 costing between RM35,000 and RM45,000.

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