Sofiyah and Zulhilmi Nabilah followed through with their wedding reception in Malaysia on December 19, despite the fact that knee-deep floodwaters encroached on their reception site.
The flooding in Malaysia is reportedly the worst the country has experienced in recent years, and at least 27 people have been killed by the raging water.
Experts have linked the rainfall and resulting flooding to climate change. Dr. Renard Slew, a climate change adviser to Malaysia’s Center for Governance and Political Studies, said, ‘It’s becoming harder for climatologists to predict the weather with a higher level of accuracy due to the climate change phenomenon. The government has said that the flood is a once-in-a-hundred-years event. But to be honest, over the years we’ve seen so many of these extreme weather events happening across China, Germany, and New York.’
This baby Malayan tapir, an Asian relative of the smaller South American mammal was born on December 4, at the Antwerp Zoo in Belgium.
The Malayan tapir is listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Adult Malayan tapirs are sometimes called ‘Oreo’ tapirs because of their distinctive black and white color pattern. The stripes and spots on the babies help them blend into the shadows of the forest and protect them from predators.
The Malayan tapir calf was reportedly the fourth calf and first son from its mother, Nakal. Zoo caretaker Lynn Van Steenvort said in a statement, ‘The baby is doing great. It's very lively and playful. It hops very happily and it breastfeeds from its mother without problem.’
Caretakers at the zoo picked two names for the baby, Wayan and Willy, and the public will be able to vote for their favorite via the zoo’s Instagram.
These maggots are eating household leftovers, and their excrement can be used as compost to grow more food.
The Magobox is a kit you can buy for approx $27. Magobox comes in a variety of configurations, and the devices can be stacked to allow for larger amounts of food waste. The product brochure claims that the Magobox is 3x faster than traditional composting and produces 2x less methane gas. All that’s needed are black soldier fly maggot eggs, which can be purchased separately. The Magobox currently only ships to Indonesia and Malaysia.
Magobox was invented in Indonesia by Fathimah Himmatina in 2020. She told Reuters that people initially thought it was gross, but the idea is starting to catch on.
Maggots are also rich in protein and can be used as livestock feed once their deed of munching on food waste is done.