香港作為蛙島

盧文樹蛙/盧氏小樹蛙,是香港特有的.
Romer's Tree Frog (Philautus romeri) is endemic to Hong Kong.

香港歷史博物館偏把此香港傳世的獨一無二之寶輕輕放過,僅得此一介紹圖片,連標本模型也欠奉.莫非,其歷史有不能告人的尷尬之處?

(1) 本地樹蛙 外藉命名 ?

Romer's Tree Frog was first discovered by the late J. D. Romer, an
amateur herpetologist, in 1952.

(2) 自生自滅 死裡翻生 ?

Once thought to be extinct, Romer's Tree Frog was re-discovered on
Lamma Island in 1984; then, on Lantau, Chek Lap Kok and Po Toi Islands.

(3) 機場發展逼遷,中轉及跨區安置 ?

Construction of airport has resulted in the near complete destruction of the natural habitats on Chek Lap Kok. A rescue operation was mounted, with about 500 tree frogs and tadpoles captured and kept inside aquariums in the University of Hong Kong and Melbourne Zoo in Australia. Small pioneer colonies of Romer's Tree Frog were translocated to similar habitats through the Hong Kong SAR. The re-introduced tree frogs have in general successfully adapted and have been breeding in their new environments.

還是 (4)其他理由 ?

[edited excerpt above from http://www.wwf.org.hk/eng/pdf/references/factsheets/factsheet17.PDF]

史前潛意識

看香港歷史博物館的香港故事的史前部份,
可以幫助我們理解到香港製造的麥兜故事,
更好理解香港人的心理.

麥兜故事中的那水清沙幼,椰林樹影的馬爾代夫,
經常被香港人想像為世外桃源,發夢也想去渡假.

但看歷史博物館中有關香港史前模樣的展覽圖畫,
你就會見到香港史前時候,就正正是馬爾代夫那個模樣!

所以,香港人很可能有一種深層的集體記憶,
去馬爾代夫渡假,實是一種潛意識的回鄉需要.








[博物館連結:春田花花中華博物館]