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BBC News, Sarawak, BorneoThe forest is dense, impenetrable beyond the cut trail, and the air is thick, hot and humid. What is most astounding is the noise of the insects and birds.
Whistles and clicks and hums, rattles and songs, rising and falling in intensity but always present.
The rainforest of Borneo is said to be the oldest on the planet, 70 million years older than the forest of the Amazon.
There are bright red centipedes and beautiful butterflies. There are crocodiles in the rivers, snakes in the dense bush, macaque monkeys and, at higher elevations, orang-utans.
In just the past few decades, hundreds of species of plants and animals have been discovered on Borneo.
The rainforest is one of the world's great, natural treasures.
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