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Yogyakarta's Wild Edges: Bats, Turtles and Macaques

A CITY RINGED BY CAVES

A short from AnimalDex, from Animals in Yogyakarta: What You Can Spot, Learn, and Collect. Every claim in it comes from that page, which has the full detail and sources.

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Published 28 October 2026. AI-narrated, with motion added to some images.

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  1. 0:00A CITY RINGED BY CAVES. Yogyakarta has caves that pour out bats every single dusk.
  2. 0:05Fruit Bat. On a Gunung Kidul cave tour they're guaranteed. Stay at Jomblang as the light fades.
  3. 0:10Edible-nest Swiftlet. Swiftlets nest on the walls of sea caves and the Jomblang vertical shaft.
  4. 0:14Long-tailed Macaque. North of Yogyakarta, macaque troops roam Kaliurang on the slopes of Merapi volcano.
  5. 0:20Hermit Crab. After dark, hermit crabs cover Indrayanti, Krakal and Drini, dragging borrowed shells.
  6. 0:27Javan Pond Heron. In the Sleman and Bantul paddies, pond herons work every wet field.
  7. 0:31Cattle Egret. Cattle egrets follow ploughing buffalo and tractors through the rice fields.
  8. 0:34Olive Ridley Sea Turtle. And the rarest prize: olive ridley turtles nest west of Parangtritis, roughly May to September.
  9. 0:41Ask locally. Hatchling releases at Pelangi are announced locally. Ask your Yogyakarta guesthouse.

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