Film: Mountain Barrier
Heikki Lehvaslaiho
description of the film of Arabian Wildlife tonight:
-Heikki
The Mountain Barrier
Hagen Schmid, of the Save Our Seas Foundation in Jeddah, will present
a film tomorrow entitled "The Mountain Barrier". This film explores
the fascinating wildlife and habitat of some Saudi Arabian mountains
(more details below). All are welcome to come and learn about some of
the hidden surprises to be found in "the Magic Kingdom".
The screening will begin at 7pm in Lecture Hall 2, Building 9
(classroom building).
More details at:
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/walk/kag16/sand.html
Much of Arabia's wildlife is concentrated in the high Sarawat
mountains of Western Arabia. Rising to 13,000 feet the mountains
extend for 1,000 miles along the entire length of the Red Sea. High
juniper forests are fed by moisture rising from the Red Sea and
support large troops of Hamadryas baboons. Exotic African birds,
hornbill and Abyssinian roller share this isolated region with endemic
wildlife including the yellow cobra, Agamid lizards and 13 species of
bird found nowhere else in the world.
Wildlife has also moved into the abandoned mountain village of
al-Fawqa. Fruit bats, sunbirds and weaver birds flourish, but behind
the mountain wall in the vast volcanic moonscape of ancient lava
flows, this barren landscape explodes with spring growth and provides
a nursery for millions of migrating birds.
Preserved in the mountain barrier is the living memory of an ancient
time when much of Arabia was teeming with wildlife.
-Heikki
Heikki Lehvaslaiho - skype:heikki_lehvaslaiho
cell: +966 545 595 849 office: +966 2 808 2429
Computational Bioscience Research Centre (CBRC), Building #2, Office #4216
4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia