The night prowlers
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You don't normally see them. You hear them, or smell them first.
ST VIDEO: AILEEN TEO
Xu Weiting, civet researcher
Do they just like expensive property?
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And Siglap was covered with coconut plantations from the mid-1800s to early 1900s.
SOURCE: LILY KONG / T.C. CHANG
Low-rise houses with gardens and fruit trees are perfect for the omnivorous mammal.
PHOTO: BERITA HARIAN
Residents hear them on their rooftops. Or see the pellets of poop they leave.
PHOTO: CHAN KWOK WAI
Some civets even venture into people’s homes.
VIDEO: TOH KOK SENG
If you see them, watch from afar. They are shy creatures that prefer to stay out of sight.
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Special thanks to Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres); Xu Weiting
and Fung Tze Kwan from the National University of Singapore Civet Research Team.
Produced by: Aileen
Teo, Chew Hui Min, Winnie Chong, Kao Chih Hui