- ... that the Melaka Zoo (pictured) is the second-largest zoo in Malaysia?
- ... that the wildlife of Malaysia is some of the most diverse in the world, existing in forests believed to be 130 million years old?
- ... that plant collector Charles Curtis, who first introduced the Nepenthes northiana (pictured) variety of pitcher plant to England, went on to become the first superintendent of the Penang Botanic Gardens?