Aired (November 17, 2024) Sa pagbisita ni Doc Ferds Recio sa Basilan, nakita niya ang malawak na roosting area ng mga flying fox. Sa paglipad raw ng mga ‘to, marami ang madalas na hindi nakakabalik. Ano kaya ang dahilan? Panoorin ang video!
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00:00The flying fox is very close to her mother
00:10While the little girl is still saving her strength
00:13She will hold on to her mother first
00:18But this is the last time that her mother will hug her
00:23Because of the electricity poles, many birds are unable to return to their habitat
00:40The weather in Pasinan is clear and beautiful
00:43That's why the group of flying foxes is quiet and resting on the trees
00:58Their number one weapon is a strong and durable kick to find food
01:13Some of them, even during the day, never stop flying
01:37You can hear the sounds of bats
01:43You can hear the sounds of birds in places like this
01:48That's why it's quiet, because this marsh is wide
01:54Now I can see an extensive roosting area of flying foxes
02:02Flying foxes are not ordinary
02:11They are the largest species
02:14That's why they can't be easily defeated by their predators
02:23But when they fly in the air, they have a problem to avoid
02:32The electricity poles
02:38Two of their companions were killed by us
02:43A flying fox was burned and almost unrecognizable
02:49They were electrocuted by the electricity poles
02:54This is how a paniky looks like when it's 12,000 volts
03:01It's skin is no longer visible
03:06It's really burned
03:09Their death is caused by a wide brownout in Pasinan
03:15It's always a blackout
03:19Because if there's a blackout in Isabela, we'll be affected
03:24Pasinan National Park
03:29The bats have nothing to do with this place
03:31They're just here
03:33They don't go to the electricity poles
03:37They're just here, directly to the electricity poles
03:43According to Paselco, since 2010, there has been a lot of brownouts
03:49In the 2017 round, they saw the paniky hanging from the electricity poles
03:55The insulator we use is small
04:01So we replaced it with a bigger one
04:03It's rare to have a shortage
04:07We showed the fly foxes we captured to an expert
04:12We were surprised by his revelation
04:15Is it possible that this is a new species of fly fox?
04:19I think it's the Theropocephalus
04:21It's found in Southeast Asia
04:23But it's unique in the Philippines
04:25Because it's only found in the Basilan area
04:28Basilan-Tawitawi group of islands
04:31We also suspect that probably it's not a Theropocephalus species that we know
04:36The problem is that the species is understudied
04:46There's still a lot of research to be done to confirm Sir Alloy's theory
04:51But regardless of the species, it's important to protect their species here in Basilan
04:58Especially since they have a lot of threats
05:04The battle between humans and flies in Basilan is almost over
05:09Because they're choosing this as their ally
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