After Shuili, we headed off to the nearby Conservation Education Center to spend the day :) It was a very fascinating insight to the endemic species of Taiwan and how Taiwan approaches conservation, mainly through research and education.
Stuffed owl! This owl is a specimen from a roadkill apparently and I'm surprised that it's still in such good shape!
The Great Backyard Bird Count: another example of citizen science and how Taiwan plans to develop this for local species. Particularly fascinated by this because I once participated in GBBC and had a few classes on citizen science!
At the Wildlife Rescue Center and this is a REAL owl! It looks so fake, I know! I took a video to prove that it's real. Never seen an owl up close before.
Had a lecture on diversity of bats in Taiwan and I loved how the lecturers are so passionate about their subject! We even got to touch live bats (Asian Particolored Bat, which is especially rare with only ONE colony found) and the little batlings(?)
Also at the Conservation Education Center about the feather counts of birds.. it's crazy! Just the upper head alone has 792 feathers? I admire the person who did this research.. must've taken a long time.
More feathers... and at the corner you can see the size of the bird!! But overall, I found the Conservation Education Center to be very interesting and I learnt a lot of new facts about flora&fauna.
We stopped by the Temple Remains from an earthquake before heading to Phoenix Tea Farm. It's a spectacular sight but I was trying to find out the exact reason for leaving these ruins to no avail.
Phoenix Tea Farm where we spent the night and learnt a lot about tea leaves and teas, from identifying them to their history and the economics of tea agriculture. I like tea and the sampling between the lecture was very welcomed, but a heads up to anyone who is ever going to Phoenix Tea Farm: wear a mosquito net around your body.
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