Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park is situated near the Lake Gardens. It occupies 2 acres and is completely enclosed by netting, allowing the butterflies to fly freely in a simulated natural rainforest environment.
It houses some 6000 butterflies from over 120 species :-
... this one landing on my fingers ...
... these feeding on pineapple ...
... together with a few dragonflies :-
Aquaria KLCC ( Kuala Lumpur City Centre ) is just over 10 years old, containing a 90 metre underwater tunnel, a 2.5 million litre tank by volume of salt water, and the only aquarium in Malaysia allowed to exhibit 200 red-bellied piranhas :-
... Mandarin fish here ...
... shark :-
... lionfish :-
... and Coconut crab ( endangered in Malaysia, and elsewhere, including Philippines where it is supposed to be prohibited to catch, kill, and sell them ) :-