Please pack your bags! We’re heading up the river —
Including but probably not limited to the one featured in this full-length documentary.
— in search of cats.
There are no lions here, no tigers or leopards, but there are cats and they come out at night, which is when people are on the rivers spotting them.
They’re all beautiful, but our marbled cat makes its appearance at around the 2:30 mark:
More posts on:
- Bay cats, marbled cats, and Borneo
- The flat-headed cat
- Cats with weird ankles; in Borneo, these are the marbled cat and clouded leopard, but let’s not forget margays over in the Americas!
- The leopard cat
- Clouded leopards
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For lagniappe:
Here are some more exploration videos from tourists and guides. The National Geographic one has some amazing footage of a clouded leopard on a kill — the narrator is right: that is an extremely rare sight.
But first, orangutans…
It’s not always clear who is watching whom.
…and then back on the river plus some stops, and even an amenities break!
Featured image: This image by Gnieorz/Shutterstock might be AI but it’s a good image, considering how rare marbled cats are.
Flight To Wonder 