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Come back in 2024 if you like the parks. There’s a huge project that is in progress now where they relocate Jurong Bird Park to Mandai together with River Wonders, Zoo, Night Safari. Additionally, a new park ‘Rainforest Wild Park’ and a eco resort will be added creating this massive eco tourism hub. Anyway, good content and nice video editing! Watched every of your episodes so far and enjoyed it. 👍
Wow, that's going to be quite the complex!! 😲😲 It will be fun to have something new to visit when it's done (and we come back). And thanks for watching our videos!!
I'm so excited about the project grouping the parks nearby one another ( probably also freeing Jurong for development ) so visitors head to the same area. How about the crocodiles? Have they gone there already ?
Hi guys! Not sure if this is it, but the smell you're describing might be from the flowers of the Devil Tree (Alstonia Scholaris). They are found islandwide, most planted, some wild. Definitely can be found at the Bird Park and Botanical Gardens. Its a heady scent, like a very strong vanilla, or spiced rum, slightly acrid, smokey and nutty like burnt sugar, so maybe that's where the coffee or caramel notes you're picking up come from.
Actually, there is a Cadbury chocolate factory not too far from where the Park is, about 1.5km away. We catch a whiff of that cacao so very often. Signature smell of Jurong Bird Park!
Bird park has been relocated to its new home, and is now called bird paradise. All the birds are no longer kept in cages but in 8 different free flying huge aviary. Its gonna be opened on 8th May this year. Go check it out! The aviaries are just beautiful!
Bring your binoculars! Get UV protection (hats, caps, etc.) and keep yourself hydrated to have an enjoyable trip. Better to visit in the morning when the birds are active.
The waterfall is kinda "duplicated" from the one in original location in Jurong. It was the tallest man-made waterfall in the world for decades, until the Changi Airport's Jewel vortex took the crown. The current one in the bird park, looks similar in height with the original, probably around 30m. Glad you guys enjoyed the 4 parks! 👍🏼
Hey! Lived in Jurong all my life. Not sure what scent you were picking up but there's a Cadbury chocolate factory nearby and it's pretty common to be smelling cocoa powder in Jurong!
The birds and Bird Park are so natural and beautiful. Should be a must visit attraction besides the zoo. You have captured everything so well fantastic presentation!!
Thanks for the lovely videos on various attractions in SG! Lazy me can enjoy the sights and sounds from home! Lol. I haven't been to these zoos lately but i used to travel to Boon Lay mrt station and there was a strong smell of monkfruit in the air. I don't consider it nutty but slightly sweet smelling.
The waterfall at the JBP was the tallest artificial waterfall at 30m, it was superceded by the waterfall at the Cloud Forest in Gardens by the Bay at 35m which was then superceded by the waterfall in Changi Jewel at 40m high. As it stands the waterfall at Changi Jewel is the world's tallest artificial indoor waterfall, though efforts are being made to build an even taller artificial waterfall somewhere in China, though that is supposed to be the tallest outdoor waterfall as it was supposed to cascade down the outside of a building. As for that nutty smell you were talking about, it sounds like wood chip fertilizer that is commonly used in Singapore. The new Bird Park, which will shift from Jurong to Mandai, is slated to be almost twice the size of the current Bird Park. Originally slated to open in 2020 its construction has been delayed due to Covid, so do come back and visit when it opens. PS what most ppl in Singapore do not remember/realize, is that the JBP was placed where it was, to convince Singaporeans that the west side of Singapore, where most of the industrial areas are, was safe to live in. Like birds in coal mines, it was believed the birds with their lower lung capacity would be the first to be affected should the air quality there be considered 'bad'. So if birds could live in the Jurong area, so too could humans. Over the years the Bird Park has evolved to become a rescue and rehabilitation centre for birds.
Wow, you are a wealth of info!! The last part about why it was built where it is today, is fascinating. Plus it sounds like we've seen the 3 tallest waterfalls in Singapore? I'm not convinced on the wood chips though! I smelled it in many places, but not everywhere. One of the places I smelled it was on the boardwalk on Eco-Lake, and I don't think there were wood chips near that? Thanks for all the insight!!
@@TalesFromOurPocket If you smelled it on the board walk it might be the wood itself that is releasing the smell. Wood chip fertilizer is commonly used in the national parks where there are clusters of bushes and flowering plants as it is a cheap, natural, and is a good way of upcycling wood waste. However they do have a very very distinct fragrance and it does travel far. So parks like the Botanic Gardens would use it as the wood chips are abundant and 'natural' as compared to chemical based fertilizers. However if could also be Pandan as mentioned below. Though I do not recall pandan being planted in the JBP where you were mentioning it in the video. And yes, not only have you seen the 3 tallest waterfalls in Singapore. You have also seen the 3 tallest purpose built artificial waterfalls in the world - for now. 🤣 Who knows when the record will be broken.
@@ken61175 what you're saying makes sense but I kind of hope you're wrong about it being wood chips! I want it to be a plant or tree because it smelled so amazing. 😁
@@TalesFromOurPocket Lol tell you what. If you ever come back to this neck of the woods and go back to that particular area of the Botanic Gardens or come across the smell do a 360 with your cam. We might be able to tell you where the smell comes from if we can see what the plant surrounding you are.
Hi thank you for the video loved it! I was wondering how long you both visited! I was hopping to visit and maybe do another park but don't want feel rushed to finish if its not doable
The bird park took us an entire day, but things take us longer because we're filming. That said, Jurong Bird Park is currently closed while they move locations! Can you imagine the challenges of moving all these birds?!
Thank you both and enjoyed your posts very much here. Last time I visited was decades ago. Didn't realised and impressed that the Management still maintained the Bird Park so very well when they are scheduled to move to co-locate with the Singapore Zoo Parks in Mandai where you both visited recently. Please enjoy your stay here too!
Glad that both of you enjoys it! It's been awhile I've visit the Bird Park and the place is nicely renovated! If you're looking for the specific plant, describe your senses or any photographs and drop an email to them. Their horticulture team will be glad to provide you with an answer. This goes to the NParks too.
@@TalesFromOurPocket You're welcome! Used to work part time with River Wonders and always receive weird enquires beyond my job scope, so I'll always provide them the email 🙌
I didn’t know the bird park has it! The huge pre-historic looking bird is a Shoebill Stork. You really needs to bow to it if you want to get close, like Harry Potter’s Buckbeak which the book drew its inspiration. I’m sure u can find a video with Google.
There used to be a monorail at Jurong Bird Park. It doesn’t exist anymore but you can see the remains of the tracks and stations. One of the station is the entrance to the waterfall aviary On second floor
Hi! Im the keeper for the Shoebills at Jurong Bird Park and I just came across your video! Just a bit about our Shoebills- we have a male and female pair named Zane (16 years old and who is the one in the video) and Zola (who is 22!) respectively. Glad you had a great time visiting us! 😄🦜🪶
Oh, hi!! You have an awesome job. 😎 We have to ask - is the bill of a Shoebill really heavy?? We only saw the one - the female must have been hiding while we were there! 😊
@@TalesFromOurPocket not really! They actually weight only a mere 5-6 kilos in total! Their bills are actually quite lightweight as well and hollow so that they can move their head quickly when striking their prey and they can also clap their beak super quickly allowing them to make a machine gun like sound as they lack the vocal cords to produce any actual calls.
@@TalesFromOurPocket i see .. I think you would love the aviary .. do visit the bird park again in your next visit .. it would be at Mandai by then, next to the other wildlife parks .. Enjoy your travel !
You're actually not the first person to suggest that! I smelled it at the Botanic Gardens though, in addition to at the Bird Park - so maybe that's not it?
The coffee, chocolatey and nutty aroma that you smell in the air, most probably came from Cadbury Chocolate factory/ Research center located at Jalan Boonlay which was just nearby!
fun fact - Singapore started with a bird park and then zoo as being still a poor country during 1970s.. it cost way cheaper to feed birds than animals...
@@TalesFromOurPocket you should watch CNA insider - the great migration. A documentary on the preparation the decision to move the existing Jurong Bird Park to a new location beside Mandai Zoo. You will see it will be a humongous task to move a bird park.
Probably the one you are smelling are either of these culprit: pandanus, some ficus tree or tembusu tree. But from the video, i do see pandanus. So there you solved it. The pandaus are the leafy ones on the background, there are dark green at the bottom.
brb going to the botanic gardens to locate the smell... (if i dare to venture the gardens at night!) any idea which part of the gardens you smelled it in?
Omg, haha, you're amazing! I'm pretty sure I smelled it when I was on the boardwalk at Eco-Lake. I see a nut tree grove on a map near there, so I'm thinking it's maybe a nut tree of some kind? When I smelled it, I would look for flowers and couldn't find any...so hopefully the scent is still strong if you do go! ❤️❤️
@@TalesFromOurPocket hey, so I’m just finishing my walk in the botanic gardens now, went around eco lake and the vicinity. Lots of smells but it’s mostly pandas and nutmeg. Only once did I smell coffee/caramel/rum as you described it and I stopped immediately to search the area. The only trees around was one labeled the brindleberry plant but googling it didn’t match it with any caramel rum smells. This was right beside the Jacob Ballas childrens garden though, and according to the map it is next to the “farming” section so the smell could have come from there. Unfortunately the children’s garden was closed at night (and I wouldn’t want to go in anyway, looks super creepy at 11pm at night…) so unfortunately I can’t get the answers you seek for you today!
You are *amazing* for trying to identify the scent in person!! ❤️ Maybe what I was smelling was pandas and nutmeg combined? I agree it doesn't seem like Brindleberry is the answer. Others have suggested I could be smelling mulch (which would be fascinating if it's the answer) or even a Cadbury factory (which sounds like it's closer to the zoos). What a good mystery! Thank you for trying to help!! 🙏🏻😊
@@TalesFromOurPocket you’re very much welcome! Having smelled what you described, I highly doubt it is a mix of nutmeg and pandan (not panda as I typed in my previous reply, damn you autocorrect!)… when I smelled pandan, there were identifiable pandan plants around; in the vicinity of where I smelled our mystery smell there was no pandan plants at all. There was another flowering plant there that I’ve since identified as red button ginger, but the smell is not the right one. I don’t think it’s mulch or the chocolate factory either.. if it was mulch I would have smelled it all around the lake. And as for the burnt chocolate smell, I’m all too familiar with it! So definitely not it, and also the botanic gardens is too far from Jurong to be it. Besides, the burnt chocolate smell is nauseating, this mystery smell was sweet and comforting, not anything like it! Anyway I will try contacting the local Parks department in charge of the garden and see if they can figure this out too! I guess if anyone knows best, it’ll be them!
@@roykwok22 hahaha, it would be neat if they could identify it! We also smelled it in Jurong Bird Park, and I video'd the plants/trees where I smelled it - it's best as 11:58 of the bird park video, in case that helps. So, just to be clear - you did find the smell that is sort of what I described (nutty/light coffee/caramel/rum), you just couldn't find the source? Seriously, you're the best.
the plant with strong scent most likely is the pandan. it have a very strong fragrance and is widely used in South East Asia cuisines. pandan juice also give the beautiful green colour in some food, example the green coconut rice in nasi lemak, the yummy green pandan chiffon cake, the green noodle in chendol etc.
I think (I might be wrong tho) the one with the ramen smell is a Gomphrena plant (upon research) whilst the one with the nutty smell might be benzoin or as the malays call it 'kemenyan'. Loved your vlogs to the zoo thus far!
I'm pretty sure it was one plant or tree creating the scent and not two different ones. I'm not ruling out the Benzoin / Kemenyan! That *might* have been what I smelled...
We're not sure! Neither of us recall seeing a sign saying tripods aren't allowed, but we weren't looking for one, either. You could try contacting them directly - I'm sure they answer. 😊
Hi! I've been there with my tripod set up. With a few other photography friends. No one said anything, not even the park crew. I assume it is alright. But apply due diligence in small paths/areas (e.g. at the lory loft) to avoid inconvenience for other park goers. Best to go during weekdays or off peak periods for a more enjoyable photography experience.
Gosh, you guys, this was a good one! That waterfall is beautiful 😍 Also, side note: your color grading game is on-point! Really makes the leafy scenes look so much better 🙂
@@TalesFromOurPocket Researchers have ferreted out why the binturong, a threatened Southeast Asian mammal also known as the bearcat, smells like popcorn. The culprit is 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, or 2-AP, the same molecule that gives cooked popcorn its aroma.
Yes, I see that the largest bird sanctuary is in India (wow!), but Jurong is the largest bird "park" in Asia (the largest bird "park" in the world is in Germany; Jurong is 2nd largest). Now, what's the difference between the two? No idea. I did Google it though! 😊
I am from London. You should visit Malaysia Bird Park too. It is amazing, the birds can be walking side by side with you. The bird park in Malaysia more interesting and super big park. 😀
Worked in JBP when I was young, a long long time ago. I think what u may have smelled was chocolate? Jurong is an industrial estate with many production factories. I may be wrong but I believe it may be from a chocolate factory nearby??? 🤷♂️
Hmmm, we smelled it in the Botanic Gardens, too! This is such a mystery! 😂😂😂 I guess it maybe could have been chocolate? Like nutty, coffee smelling chocolate. Now I want some chocolate... 😀
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Come back in 2024 if you like the parks. There’s a huge project that is in progress now where they relocate Jurong Bird Park to Mandai together with River Wonders, Zoo, Night Safari. Additionally, a new park ‘Rainforest Wild Park’ and a eco resort will be added creating this massive eco tourism hub.
Anyway, good content and nice video editing! Watched every of your episodes so far and enjoyed it. 👍
Wow, that's going to be quite the complex!! 😲😲 It will be fun to have something new to visit when it's done (and we come back). And thanks for watching our videos!!
I'm so excited about the project grouping the parks nearby one another ( probably also freeing Jurong for development ) so visitors head to the same area. How about the crocodiles? Have they gone there already ?
Hi guys! Not sure if this is it, but the smell you're describing might be from the flowers of the Devil Tree (Alstonia Scholaris). They are found islandwide, most planted, some wild. Definitely can be found at the Bird Park and Botanical Gardens. Its a heady scent, like a very strong vanilla, or spiced rum, slightly acrid, smokey and nutty like burnt sugar, so maybe that's where the coffee or caramel notes you're picking up come from.
Omgggggg - what you're describing is the CLOSEST I've read so far! Off to look it up!
Actually, there is a Cadbury chocolate factory not too far from where the Park is, about 1.5km away. We catch a whiff of that cacao so very often. Signature smell of Jurong Bird Park!
Bird park has been relocated to its new home, and is now called bird paradise. All the birds are no longer kept in cages but in 8 different free flying huge aviary. Its gonna be opened on 8th May this year. Go check it out! The aviaries are just beautiful!
We will actually be in Singapore again this summer and are considering a visit to the new park! Very curious to see how it's different. 😁
Bring your binoculars! Get UV protection (hats, caps, etc.) and keep yourself hydrated to have an enjoyable trip. Better to visit in the morning when the birds are active.
The waterfall is kinda "duplicated" from the one in original location in Jurong. It was the tallest man-made waterfall in the world for decades, until the Changi Airport's Jewel vortex took the crown. The current one in the bird park, looks similar in height with the original, probably around 30m. Glad you guys enjoyed the 4 parks! 👍🏼
I did not know that! Thanks for sharing!
Isn't this still the same waterfall in Jurong Bird Park? It has not moved yet, hasn't it ?
This is "The Jurong bird park". Its relocation to the new facilities in Mandai has not even started!!
@@humanbeing8338 My bad. I think Covid delayed everything. Haha thanks for the clarification.
Hey! Lived in Jurong all my life. Not sure what scent you were picking up but there's a Cadbury chocolate factory nearby and it's pretty common to be smelling cocoa powder in Jurong!
It's such a mystery because we also smelled it at the Botanic Gardens!!
The birds and Bird Park are so natural and beautiful. Should be a must visit attraction besides the zoo. You have captured everything so well fantastic presentation!!
Thank you so much! I hope that the new location of the bird park is just as pretty (after they move).
Thanks for the lovely videos on various attractions in SG! Lazy me can enjoy the sights and sounds from home! Lol. I haven't been to these zoos lately but i used to travel to Boon Lay mrt station and there was a strong smell of monkfruit in the air. I don't consider it nutty but slightly sweet smelling.
We're happy to bring you the sights so you can enjoy your sofa or chair at home! 😂 😂
Beautiful
The waterfall at the JBP was the tallest artificial waterfall at 30m, it was superceded by the waterfall at the Cloud Forest in Gardens by the Bay at 35m which was then superceded by the waterfall in Changi Jewel at 40m high. As it stands the waterfall at Changi Jewel is the world's tallest artificial indoor waterfall, though efforts are being made to build an even taller artificial waterfall somewhere in China, though that is supposed to be the tallest outdoor waterfall as it was supposed to cascade down the outside of a building.
As for that nutty smell you were talking about, it sounds like wood chip fertilizer that is commonly used in Singapore.
The new Bird Park, which will shift from Jurong to Mandai, is slated to be almost twice the size of the current Bird Park. Originally slated to open in 2020 its construction has been delayed due to Covid, so do come back and visit when it opens.
PS what most ppl in Singapore do not remember/realize, is that the JBP was placed where it was, to convince Singaporeans that the west side of Singapore, where most of the industrial areas are, was safe to live in. Like birds in coal mines, it was believed the birds with their lower lung capacity would be the first to be affected should the air quality there be considered 'bad'. So if birds could live in the Jurong area, so too could humans. Over the years the Bird Park has evolved to become a rescue and rehabilitation centre for birds.
Wow, you are a wealth of info!! The last part about why it was built where it is today, is fascinating. Plus it sounds like we've seen the 3 tallest waterfalls in Singapore? I'm not convinced on the wood chips though! I smelled it in many places, but not everywhere. One of the places I smelled it was on the boardwalk on Eco-Lake, and I don't think there were wood chips near that? Thanks for all the insight!!
@@TalesFromOurPocket If you smelled it on the board walk it might be the wood itself that is releasing the smell. Wood chip fertilizer is commonly used in the national parks where there are clusters of bushes and flowering plants as it is a cheap, natural, and is a good way of upcycling wood waste. However they do have a very very distinct fragrance and it does travel far. So parks like the Botanic Gardens would use it as the wood chips are abundant and 'natural' as compared to chemical based fertilizers. However if could also be Pandan as mentioned below. Though I do not recall pandan being planted in the JBP where you were mentioning it in the video.
And yes, not only have you seen the 3 tallest waterfalls in Singapore. You have also seen the 3 tallest purpose built artificial waterfalls in the world - for now. 🤣 Who knows when the record will be broken.
@@ken61175 what you're saying makes sense but I kind of hope you're wrong about it being wood chips! I want it to be a plant or tree because it smelled so amazing. 😁
@@TalesFromOurPocket Lol tell you what. If you ever come back to this neck of the woods and go back to that particular area of the Botanic Gardens or come across the smell do a 360 with your cam. We might be able to tell you where the smell comes from if we can see what the plant surrounding you are.
Had a lot of childhood memory there. School organised visit to bird park or zoom decades ago :)
I will plan for a visit before it move to Mandai
Yes, so you can see the before and after!
Wow such a lovely bird park. A bird paradise.. Great video captures....
Thank you!!
Hi thank you for the video loved it! I was wondering how long you both visited! I was hopping to visit and maybe do another park but don't want feel rushed to finish if its not doable
The bird park took us an entire day, but things take us longer because we're filming. That said, Jurong Bird Park is currently closed while they move locations! Can you imagine the challenges of moving all these birds?!
I just checked and the new bird park opens in early May!
@@TalesFromOurPocket yes thanks for letting me know! I’m planning on going this July, and super excited to get to go to the new park (birds paradise)!
Thank you both and enjoyed your posts very much here. Last time I visited was decades ago.
Didn't realised and impressed that the Management still maintained the Bird Park so very well when they are scheduled to move to co-locate with the Singapore Zoo Parks in Mandai where you both visited recently.
Please enjoy your stay here too!
Thanks! It was well cared for. I can't imagine how difficult moving a bunch of birds must be!!
Glad that both of you enjoys it! It's been awhile I've visit the Bird Park and the place is nicely renovated! If you're looking for the specific plant, describe your senses or any photographs and drop an email to them. Their horticulture team will be glad to provide you with an answer. This goes to the NParks too.
Oh my gosh, that's a great idea!! Thank you!! 🙏
@@TalesFromOurPocket You're welcome! Used to work part time with River Wonders and always receive weird enquires beyond my job scope, so I'll always provide them the email 🙌
Another great video!! So excited for another sighting of DixonSister earrings. Glad you took them off so you weren’t attacked by the birds! Eek!
I'm so glad you noticed them!!! ❤️
I didn’t know the bird park has it! The huge pre-historic looking bird is a Shoebill Stork. You really needs to bow to it if you want to get close, like Harry Potter’s Buckbeak which the book drew its inspiration. I’m sure u can find a video with Google.
No way, that's so cool! It was really the most unique looking bird! Thanks for that info!!
There used to be a monorail at Jurong Bird Park.
It doesn’t exist anymore but you can see the remains of the tracks and stations. One of the station is the entrance to the waterfall aviary
On second floor
What?!? That's amazing. I wish we had known to look for it!
Hi! Im the keeper for the Shoebills at Jurong Bird Park and I just came across your video! Just a bit about our Shoebills- we have a male and female pair named Zane (16 years old and who is the one in the video) and Zola (who is 22!) respectively. Glad you had a great time visiting us! 😄🦜🪶
Oh, hi!! You have an awesome job. 😎 We have to ask - is the bill of a Shoebill really heavy?? We only saw the one - the female must have been hiding while we were there! 😊
@@TalesFromOurPocket not really! They actually weight only a mere 5-6 kilos in total! Their bills are actually quite lightweight as well and hollow so that they can move their head quickly when striking their prey and they can also clap their beak super quickly allowing them to make a machine gun like sound as they lack the vocal cords to produce any actual calls.
@@isaacsimmy wow! Thank you for taking the time to reply and answer this question. We were really wondering about it!! 🙏🏻❤️
did you drop by the African Treetops aviary ?
It was closed when we were there! 😔
@@TalesFromOurPocket i see .. I think you would love the aviary .. do visit the bird park again in your next visit .. it would be at Mandai by then, next to the other wildlife parks ..
Enjoy your travel !
You guys are so good at taking video. This is awesome beautiful video 👍👍👍
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I loved watching your videos....
Thank you!!
I used to work at JBP, the coffee smell is probably the chocolate smell from Cadbury factory nearby :)
You're actually not the first person to suggest that! I smelled it at the Botanic Gardens though, in addition to at the Bird Park - so maybe that's not it?
The coffee, chocolatey and nutty aroma that you smell in the air, most probably came from Cadbury Chocolate factory/ Research center located at Jalan Boonlay which was just nearby!
You're not the first to suggest that, actually! The challenge is that I also smelled it in the Botanic Gardens! 🤔
fun fact - Singapore started with a bird park and then zoo as being still a poor country during 1970s.. it cost way cheaper to feed birds than animals...
Ohhh, nice trivia! Thanks!!
@@TalesFromOurPocket you should watch CNA insider - the great migration. A documentary on the preparation the decision to move the existing Jurong Bird Park to a new location beside Mandai Zoo. You will see it will be a humongous task to move a bird park.
great video guys. keep them coming...😁
Thanks! 😊
Probably the one you are smelling are either of these culprit: pandanus, some ficus tree or tembusu tree. But from the video, i do see pandanus. So there you solved it. The pandaus are the leafy ones on the background, there are dark green at the bottom.
maybe! I'm looking them up to see whether any you mentioned smell right. Thanks!!
Nice accompanying music too.
Thank you!! For this one, we went for a slight theme park feel! 😉
brb going to the botanic gardens to locate the smell... (if i dare to venture the gardens at night!) any idea which part of the gardens you smelled it in?
Omg, haha, you're amazing! I'm pretty sure I smelled it when I was on the boardwalk at Eco-Lake. I see a nut tree grove on a map near there, so I'm thinking it's maybe a nut tree of some kind? When I smelled it, I would look for flowers and couldn't find any...so hopefully the scent is still strong if you do go! ❤️❤️
@@TalesFromOurPocket hey, so I’m just finishing my walk in the botanic gardens now, went around eco lake and the vicinity. Lots of smells but it’s mostly pandas and nutmeg. Only once did I smell coffee/caramel/rum as you described it and I stopped immediately to search the area. The only trees around was one labeled the brindleberry plant but googling it didn’t match it with any caramel rum smells. This was right beside the Jacob Ballas childrens garden though, and according to the map it is next to the “farming” section so the smell could have come from there. Unfortunately the children’s garden was closed at night (and I wouldn’t want to go in anyway, looks super creepy at 11pm at night…) so unfortunately I can’t get the answers you seek for you today!
You are *amazing* for trying to identify the scent in person!! ❤️ Maybe what I was smelling was pandas and nutmeg combined? I agree it doesn't seem like Brindleberry is the answer. Others have suggested I could be smelling mulch (which would be fascinating if it's the answer) or even a Cadbury factory (which sounds like it's closer to the zoos). What a good mystery! Thank you for trying to help!! 🙏🏻😊
@@TalesFromOurPocket you’re very much welcome! Having smelled what you described, I highly doubt it is a mix of nutmeg and pandan (not panda as I typed in my previous reply, damn you autocorrect!)… when I smelled pandan, there were identifiable pandan plants around; in the vicinity of where I smelled our mystery smell there was no pandan plants at all. There was another flowering plant there that I’ve since identified as red button ginger, but the smell is not the right one.
I don’t think it’s mulch or the chocolate factory either.. if it was mulch I would have smelled it all around the lake. And as for the burnt chocolate smell, I’m all too familiar with it! So definitely not it, and also the botanic gardens is too far from Jurong to be it. Besides, the burnt chocolate smell is nauseating, this mystery smell was sweet and comforting, not anything like it!
Anyway I will try contacting the local Parks department in charge of the garden and see if they can figure this out too! I guess if anyone knows best, it’ll be them!
@@roykwok22 hahaha, it would be neat if they could identify it! We also smelled it in Jurong Bird Park, and I video'd the plants/trees where I smelled it - it's best as 11:58 of the bird park video, in case that helps. So, just to be clear - you did find the smell that is sort of what I described (nutty/light coffee/caramel/rum), you just couldn't find the source? Seriously, you're the best.
the plant with strong scent most likely is the pandan. it have a very strong fragrance and is widely used in South East Asia cuisines. pandan juice also give the beautiful green colour in some food, example the green coconut rice in nasi lemak, the yummy green pandan chiffon cake, the green noodle in chendol etc.
Hmmm, I just looked that up and I'm not sure that's it. It sounds like it tastes amazing though! I wonder if we had it somewhere?!
@@TalesFromOurPocket you may have had it when you had Kaya Toast! Kaya is made with part Pandan
I think (I might be wrong tho) the one with the ramen smell is a Gomphrena plant (upon research) whilst the one with the nutty smell might be benzoin or as the malays call it 'kemenyan'. Loved your vlogs to the zoo thus far!
I'm pretty sure it was one plant or tree creating the scent and not two different ones. I'm not ruling out the Benzoin / Kemenyan! That *might* have been what I smelled...
Hi Guys , your video is amazing and very informative. I have a question, is tripod allowed in this park or not ??
We're not sure! Neither of us recall seeing a sign saying tripods aren't allowed, but we weren't looking for one, either. You could try contacting them directly - I'm sure they answer. 😊
Hi! I've been there with my tripod set up. With a few other photography friends. No one said anything, not even the park crew. I assume it is alright. But apply due diligence in small paths/areas (e.g. at the lory loft) to avoid inconvenience for other park goers. Best to go during weekdays or off peak periods for a more enjoyable photography experience.
It be really really weird if you go to the bird park and then have KFC for lunch.
Thumbs up for staying vegetarian, at least during your time there.
😂😂😂 I admit we didn't think of it that way, but now that you point it out... 😂
Another good vlog! 👍👏
Thank you!!
Haha our Bird Park will be moving to Mandai soon :)
Can you imagine what an undertaking that must be?!?
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Loved this vlog ❤️
Thank you!!
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u make me want to visit the bird park again. hahaha.
Hahaha, you should visit again before it moves!! 😊
That smell probably comes from the Cadbury factory nearby lol
Hahaha, we also smelled it at the Botanic Gardens!
jurong bird park is moving to mandai renamed bird paradise
Gosh, you guys, this was a good one! That waterfall is beautiful 😍
Also, side note: your color grading game is on-point! Really makes the leafy scenes look so much better 🙂
🎉🎉 Bill has been feeling really good about his color grading lately so he says thanks! The waterfall inside an aviary was soooo unexpected. 😂
Yes they rescued penguins in singapore ….
🐧 Penguins are so cute!
Sorry about the smell...had baked beans last night
I mean, it smelled really good? 🤷♀️
@@TalesFromOurPocket Researchers have ferreted out why the binturong, a threatened Southeast Asian mammal also known as the bearcat, smells like popcorn. The culprit is 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, or 2-AP, the same molecule that gives cooked popcorn its aroma.
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The world's largest bird park is in India... Pleas Google it..
Yes, I see that the largest bird sanctuary is in India (wow!), but Jurong is the largest bird "park" in Asia (the largest bird "park" in the world is in Germany; Jurong is 2nd largest). Now, what's the difference between the two? No idea. I did Google it though! 😊
Birds are descendants of some dinos....
True. Cue even more Jurassic Park vibes, then!!
I am from London. You should visit Malaysia Bird Park too. It is amazing, the birds can be walking side by side with you. The bird park in Malaysia more interesting and super big park. 😀
Thanks for the recommendation! I've added it to our list of places to visit. 😊
You didn't watch the whole video did you? 😒
Largest bird park, zoo is outside those cages... Amazon rain forest.
Worked in JBP when I was young, a long long time ago. I think what u may have smelled was chocolate? Jurong is an industrial estate with many production factories. I may be wrong but I believe it may be from a chocolate factory nearby??? 🤷♂️
Hmmm, we smelled it in the Botanic Gardens, too! This is such a mystery! 😂😂😂 I guess it maybe could have been chocolate? Like nutty, coffee smelling chocolate. Now I want some chocolate... 😀
Wait till they move to Mandai, the park will look even more amazing.
We'll have to come back!! 😊