BZT311_2 by Nadine Ruppert

What do you wish to learn here?

ruppert_nadine — 2015-09-01 08:10:45 UTC

Let us create this course together!

I will teach the first half of this semester and this is my first time teaching this course.

Encik Hifni, who has been giving this paper for the last decade, will teach the second half. He is the real expert on the content of this course and will surely tell you all hard facts about "Vertebrate Pests" from A-Z.

So for me, who has to learn a lot about it, just like you, I was thinking a lot about how to give you the best possible learning experience, although I am not the expert.

I'd like everybody to note down here on this wall

+ what you expect from this course,

+ what you wish to hear about,

+ learn about, or even

+ how you think YOU could contribute!

This can be specific topics you want covered, suggestions for a location for a field trip, or any ideas for an exciting assignment etc...be creative and we'll discuss it and see how we can realize it :)

FIZAh's Wishes

2015-09-07 07:59:22 UTC

I want to know more about how to control rats and also other vertebrate pest at other country..

Cheng Kai

2015-09-07 17:15:37 UTC

As for me, i wish to know more about how the animal behave as pest and how can we control it. Also, i will to know more cases about unusual pest. For an example, i just knew that rabbit is a pest too for certain country. I am not sure is it happening to Malaysia though. This is why i am here, to learn!

Jia Li

2015-09-08 01:34:03 UTC

What I expected to learn from this course are examples of animal pest which are not commonly known. Perhaps animals pest other than rats and crows and of course best to learn about animal pest in Malaysia. If not from Malaysia, interesting examples from other country are fine with me too! Some good case studies as examples would be good too.

Wing Yee-Shadow

2015-09-08 02:02:01 UTC

Well, since different animals were definite as pest in different country based on the population of the animals and the damaged they cause. Hope that through this course, i will know in differentiating what type of animals were considered as pest in that certain country, why are they pest , how the country managed this problem, by killing or can we come out another better way? And so far i know , the vertebrate pest in Malaysia included those threatening the crops and agriculture, most of them are insects. Are they more? especially in resident area or city ? so we can raise up the awareness among ourselves , and to the generation in future. In short, we learn together -^^-
This fluffy little cutie may just too adorable , yet , it still considered as the major pest in some of the Europe country. Even in a conservation center like in Langkawi, this 6-months baby raccoon already very naughty and try to scratched my bag and look for food =.= So u can imagined how the wild one can disturb the peaceful life of resident area :3

Alex Ling

alexlhchen14293 — 2015-09-08 04:31:42 UTC

I expert to learn more about rodent's biology and behaviour which allow me to have a better understanding about rodents. Beside this, I wish to know more about vertebrate pests because current pest control in Malaysia still emphasize more on invertebrate pests such as cockroaches, ants and flies. I also wish to hear about lizard's control method because during my internship, many resident searching for pest control service for lizard.

Yun Fen

2015-09-08 13:45:01 UTC

What I wish to learn in this course? It’s interesting to find out that meerkat is considered as a pest as I always find them cute with their little hands and the way they stand up straight with their innocent looks. Learning that rodents are not able to vomit is new to me too. I did not know that earlier. Hoping to learn more interesting facts about these animals people known as pest and of course how we manage the pest problems in different
countries.

Wardah Nadhirah

2015-09-08 14:03:02 UTC

My expectation are able to expand my knowledge about how to control and manage the vertebrate pest in our daily life. How would a pest cause problem of an economic,social and environment. I'm also would like to know is it okay if we kill all the pest and what will be happens to our nature.

Syahirah Idrus

2015-09-08 15:59:44 UTC

As its name suggest, I'm expecting to learn more about vertebrate pests and how to control them. So far the vertebrate pests that I know are mice and rats, pigeons, and crows. I'm pretty sure there's more. Also, how to control them "Humanely" because when I was little, my grandma would ask me to drown a rat she trapped in the river behind our house, I didn't have the heart to do it so I set the rat free at nearby rice field and was scolded after. As if that wasn't enough to drive me become traumatized, I saw my neighbour hammering newborn mice(?), until they're no longer looked like one. I swear old people can be pretty aggressive at times. Thus, I'd like to know if there's any effective but not-as-cruel control method to control vertebrate pests populations.

Shazreen Salim

2015-09-08 16:06:19 UTC

I really want to learn about the types of pest that can harm our environment and what we can do to save the environment from the pests. The pest that I hated the most is the rats, but I love the domestic ones :). I once found the echinosorex gymurus or the moonrat.

I'm not sure wether it is a pest or protected animal.I would like to know the best way that we can prevent the pest from destroying crops and household item without killing them. It is kind of evil to kill them.Hopefully can gain more knowledge than I expected.

Izyan Razak

2015-09-09 02:46:39 UTC

What i expect for this class is i would like to have more practical learning session rather than sit and listen.

Moreover i have an interest in how we manage pest and vector with eco-friendly method or substances. For example we usually use pesticide (chemical) to control but can we more focus on using natural ways and save our earth and also in same time get rid off the pest. For specific species that i have interest in is "termites" and of course "rodent". These two species very closed to domestic living and near to us. I hope this subject can give me idea how to manage termites and rodent especially for rural area and for poor people. For me small pest are very difficult to deal with because they reproduce in big number and can cost a lot of money to manage them.

The real question is can pest and vectors management become eco-friendly?

Sally

2015-09-09 07:09:00 UTC

By taking this subject, I hope that my knowledge in biology will broaden as I can understand better. I wish to know why some animals turn to be pest in some country and how they control them.

Peh Boon Kuan

2015-09-09 09:30:52 UTC

Hmmmmm... I expect to learn about how and why these pests have to be pests to live their lives. Some pest management methods would be nice. :D

Wan Nur Hanis Wan Ismail

2015-09-09 11:03:12 UTC

i expect to learn handling the pest without having to hurt them badly because they also have feeling of sad and pain when they were caught and killed.

i also know a few tricks to avoid rats in our house without using chemical or poison. just put an apple like fruit(not sure its local name,will ask my mom) on the ceiling,the first rat will die when eat the fruit and the other will run away and never came back after that incident.

my uncle died because of "kencing tikus virus'' about a year ago because he drinks unwashed tin of coke that has been contaminated by the "kencing tikus" at the surface of the tin. it causes my uncle to have a severe liver failure and died (al-fatihah)

recently i read an article that said "air rebusan serai" can cure "kencing tikus virus".

Nur Fadzliah binti Mohd Fabli

2015-09-09 13:30:05 UTC

From this course, I expect to learn more on the animals species that become pest to humans, why they do so, is it humans the ones that make them become the pest, and ways to control them. My interest is on rats, pigeon ( their feces always on cars and windows :( ) and monkeys.

Nurul Atiera binti Azman

2015-09-09 13:50:00 UTC

By taking this course, I expect to learn more about the animals that had been classisfied as a vertebrate pests and a better ways to handle them in order to manage this pests. Some good example in handling this vertebrate pests from all over the country also would be interesting

Farah Diana

2015-09-09 18:09:43 UTC

I want to know more things about the pest that give harmful to humans and ways to manage them wisely. Especially those looks like cute animals but actually they are group of pest animals.

Puteri Shafiqah

2015-09-10 10:17:52 UTC

Honestly, I really don't know what to expect because I don't know much about the pest species. Therefore, I'm open to learn anything about them. I wish if we can go for a field trip to any zoo or anywhere we can observe vertebrate pest animals in Malaysia would be a nice idea.

In contributing towards this course, I prefer sharing information so I think this website is a really great idea for all of us to share things related to this course. Sharing is caring :)

The funny thing during my internship was that I have no idea that raccoon was actually a pest animal. All I know was they have this cute black- ninja-eyed shape on them haha. Here is a video of two hungry fat raccoons that I have recorded. No, this website won't let me upload it.... :(

Amabel

2015-09-10 10:22:54 UTC

What I expect for this course is I get to know about pest that are nuisance and harmful to human health. There are pest that are common and well known by human, but there are some pests that are uncommon and has been understudied. Those are the pests that I would like to discover more.

Not only that, I learnt about pests too last semester, but those are insects. As for the vertebrates which are pest, I admit that I don't really know much about them. I am quite surprised to see some animals that do not seem like a pest is considered a pest. That is why I think this course provides me a good opportunity to know more about them, the harmful effects they bring to human and the environment and ways to manage them.

Here is the photo of me and a racoon as I was in Langkawi. I never thought that it would be called a pest. It is the same racoon that was carried by Wing Yee. Cute little thing with nasty temper I would say haha. It keep biting and scratching me as I was carrying it so I got the red marks all over my arms. But I still find it cute and interesting haha XD

Intan Zulaikha Binti Bonasir

intanzlaikha — 2015-09-10 11:37:37 UTC

To be honest, I don't really know much about this subject and what exactly it is all about as I've never learnt about pests before. It is an interesting subject and I wish to learn more about as much pests as I could and the ways to handle them.

Well I expect to know more about rats because.. I've always seen them almost everywhere. Everywhere.

Nasrul Asyraf bin Ruslan

2015-09-10 13:21:22 UTC

This subject I think gonna teach me about controlling methods on how to reduce pest population. We also need to learn about the factors that turn some vertebrates into a pest. Although pests are considered as an annoyance to most of us, but they sometimes play a significant roles in terms of ecological and environmental aspects especially in urban area.

Affandee Cheah Hock Loong

2015-09-10 13:36:18 UTC

What i expect to learn in this course is to learn more on pest management of animals because before this I only learn on insects as pest. XD

2015-09-10 13:42:32 UTC

what i expect from this course is fun,adventure and more knowledge as we are going to learn about pest animal..creatures that become a nuisance to human..i wish we could learn about how to handle them and come out with solution that can help people out there..also the factors why they become a pest at the first place.

Nurul Atikah Binti

2015-09-10 15:57:24 UTC

My expectation for this course is can learn & increase knowledge about vetebrate pest animal. Sometimes they are nuisance and maybe there is the reason behind that. So from this course also

Rosnadia Binti Rabun

2015-09-10 16:29:57 UTC

As many new disease and infections had been discovered nowadays throughout the years by the animal and insect, so i expect in this course that i can learn what disease had been caused by vertebrate.

Nurmazni Binti Hasssan

2015-09-10 17:17:20 UTC

By taking this course,I expect to learn more about pest control and how to handle them.

Puteri Nur Dayana Bt Azizan

2015-09-10 17:22:43 UTC

Talking about pests ,what just have acrossed my mind was the animals with the ability to destroy everything of their surroundings ; rats ,crows. Anyway, i'm expecting to know more about pests ,specifically vertebrates and how to control them and factors why they became like that .

Mohamad Nuril Anwar Bin Mohame Nahar

2015-09-12 14:27:59 UTC

As my father's bananas farm were always been destroyed by a group ofunknown monkeys species, i would like to figure it out more about them and take advantages on their weakness to revenge ( kidding ). Make a wise techniques and methods on how to handle them without making trouble.

WAN NUR HANIS WAN ISMAIL

2015-09-15 16:12:09 UTC

http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/ipm.htm

here's some information about IPM ;)

Racoon pest? or pet? from shadow XD

2015-09-21 14:45:56 UTC

http://www.bomb01.com/article/15534/16%E5%BC%A0%E8%AE%A9%E4%BA%BA%E6%83%B3%E5%A4%A7%E5%96%8A%E3%80%8C%E4%BD%A0%E5%9C%A8%E5%B9%B2%E5%98%9B%E5%95%8A%E3%80%8D%E7%9A%84%E8%A0%A2%E8%90%8C%E6%B5%A3%E7%86%8A%E7%ing 85%A7%E7%89%87%E3%80%82

Hey guys, this is just an interesting sharing regarding the racoon , although it is in Chinese font, but the message can be sent through the picture , the presence of racoon is definitely a disturbance for residence area in most of the Europe Country.

But at the same time, they no doubt the most adorable pest which have much and much "interaction" with the human being -^^-

Using plant 'distress calls' as a means of pest control (Cheng Kai)

2015-10-09 06:00:21 UTC

http://www.sciencedump.com/content/using-plant-distress-calls-means-pest-control saw this on facebook and thought that this might be useful info for us, although this one is not for control of vertebrate pest, yet. B

ut who know? maybe some of us will get inspired from this article and discover a alternative way to control vertebrate pest :)

Muhd Shafiq b Muhd Haris a.k.a Kobeng

2015-10-09 06:38:44 UTC

I just wanted to know how far we human understand the irony of the word pest and their ways on managing it in this course. So those animals are being invasive, destroying crops and deteriorating our homes. Looking from their perspective, it is the other way around. I am not trying to provoke any sense wrong and rights of our human behaviour, instead trying to remind ourselves we are as much as the same as them too. Cheers.

The silent invaders threatening natural World Heritage

2015-10-13 09:33:38 UTC

https://portals.iucn.org/blog/2015/10/06/the-silent-invaders-threatening-natural-world-heritage/

something Dr. Nadine mentioned during last lecture. CK

Story about Koko from Shadow XD

2015-10-17 22:24:44 UTC

http://www.bomb01.com/article/16743/%E6%B2%92%E6%9C%89%E7%94%9F%E8%82%B2%E7%9A%84%E5%A4%A7%E7%8C%A9%E7%8C%A9%E4%B8%80%E7%9B%B4%E6%B8%B4%E6%9C%9B%E6%93%81%E6%9C%89%E5%B0%8F%E5%AD%A9%EF%BC%8C%E7%9B%B4%E5%88%B0%E7%94%9F%E6%97%A5%E9%80%99%E5%A4%A9%E5%B7%A5%E4%BD%9C%E4%BA%BA%E5%93%A1%E7%B5%82%E6%96%BC%E9%80%81%E7%B5%A6%E7%89%A0%E4%B8%80%E5%80%8B%E7%A5%9E%E7%A7%98%E7%9A%84%E7%B4%99%E7%AE%B1%E2%80%A6

Hi everyone -^^- i know this is definitely not related to our course scope as the "friend" i am gonna introduced here is definitely not recorded as a pests, yet categorized at the stage of Critically Endangered in IUCN list.

I would like to share this to tell you the story of Koko, a female gorilla , you will amaze by how incredible and how close the behavior of primate could be with us !!!!

Koko is a 44 years old female gorilla which become an study interest object of Prof. Penny Patterson regarding about primate since 1972. Throughout the 30 years of time being together , they build up an amazing connection between each other. They are a friend, and a family to each other. Koko even learnt almost 1000 sign languages and 2000 spoken English words, which made her become the one and only gorilla in animal history who can clearly express her feeling and thoughts to human clearly !!!!

However, till now, Koko had not been mated yet even she had two "ex-boyfriends" in the past. Their relationship just stuck at the stage of "good friends" or " siblings". But Koko very hope to have a child of hers which made her always holding doll and pretend the doll as her baby.

Through the two video provided in the web page (English version) , we can see that how happy and motherly-like of Koko when she received the baby cats from her grands as her 44 years old birthday present. And her interaction with one of my favorite and passed away movie star , Robin William is just so touching..-^^-

Sorry for too long of the description, just can't stop XD enjoy !!