Tung Tung Tung Sahur

Field data

Habitat

Indonesian streets before dawn

First observed

Early 2025

Diet

Missed alarms

Call

Nine tungs, then “Sahur”

Composition

Log, 1. Bat, 1. Eye contact, constant.

Conservation status

Critically overplayed

Field notes

Named for the drumming that wakes people for sahur, the meal before dawn during Ramadan. Lore says that if you miss the call, it comes to your door. The breakout star of the Indonesian branch.

At the printer

A cylinder with a bat. Prints in an afternoon and stares for years.