Todd Borgie reporting from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: The Ulu Gombok Field Center   The further you travel, the more you will see.  (Malaysian Proverb) The Drive Around the World team had the great opportunity to go on a night walk at the Ulu Gombok research station outside of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  Dr. Rosli Hashim and his assistant, Daicus, led this walk. Dr. Roali is an ecologist and lecturer in charge at the University of Malaysia.  Diacus, a student, is studying bird ecology.  “We depend on nature, therefore we must take care of it”, says Dr. Rosli, looking around at the trees, rain, and jungle that passes by our window as we drive up to the Ulu Gombok research center. Sitting in the car waiting to arrive at our hiking place, I was wondering what to expect as the rain came down in buckets outside. However, the rain dried up as we headed into the highlands, and soon the road was mostly dry.  We got out of our vehicles and prepared for mud and mosquitoes and an evening in the jungle. We were in search of a slow Loris, a small, slow-moving, nocturnal, tree-dwelling primate that has large eyes, dense, wooly fur, and no tail.  The animals you can spot in the jungle vary from daytime to nighttime, as some animals are nocturnal (awake at night) and others are diurnal (are out in the day).  The moon was about half full, shining its light down upon us.  Unfortunately, the brighter it is, the less chance there is of seeing animals. As there is often a predator lurking in the shadows, many creatures only come out when they are sure they can’t be seen. This practice insures their survival; during the day they are often hidden so well that you won’t see them at that time either.   Anyway, we set out on our path. In the course of an hour, we saw a deadly viper, glowing fungus, lizards, walking sticks that were about two feet long (insects), and leeches that attached themselves to our legs. There is a great diversity in the jungle, and that is what Dr. Hashim studies. What would happen if one type of species disappears in the jungle? How would that affect other creatures? To think about this in another way, how would life in your family be affected if cars disappeared? How would people go to school, to work, or to the grocery store? How would people deal with this?  As organisms disappeared or become extinct, it impacts the jungle, often times in a major way. Ecologists study the interaction between organisms. They are very good at telling us how what we do or how what other creatures do will affect the world around us, such as the weather, air, and number of animals and plants.  Malaysia alone has more than 200 different types of mammals, including the Loris and other monkeys, as well as 600 different types of birds, some very colorful. There are also many different types of reptiles and amphibians. In the jungle, it is often said that if you walk 10 meters and you only see ten different types of organism, there are probably 10,000 that you walked right past. During the evening, there were 10 people who walked within three feet of a poisonous viper.  One of the last people in the pack was the only one who noticed it. The jungle is alive and full of many mysteries!  Do you have a question about the Malaysia Jungle or the Slow Loris?