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| | Straits Times, Singapore : Bush fires endanger scrubland species (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Even Singapore's pristine repositories of flora and fauna, the nature reserves, which have so far been spared the flames, will be at risk if the dryness persists, he warned. |
 | | In the scrublands, wild orchids, such as the delicate purple Spathoglottis plicata, have been burnt to a crisp, and slow-moving ground animals, such as the Malayan Box Terrapin, have stood little chance against the flames, he said. |
 | | If the dry weather persists, a fire engulfing Singapore's rainforest areas cannot be ruled out because of the presence of dryer and relatively open habitats such as scrubland along their edges, he said. |
| www.ecologyasia.com /news-archives/2005/feb-05/st_050228_1.htm (547 words) |
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