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00:00In Smuan, in this town, you can find the Smuan-Pampanga Coastal Wetlands, an ecosystem that is made up of mudflats, rice fields, and rivers.
00:14It is one of the 10 Ramsar Sites in the Philippines, known as Wetlands of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention, an international treaty.
00:31Can you believe that more than 30 years ago, this island was not here?
00:37Yes, in 1991, when the Pinatubo Volcano erupted, a large part of this place was flooded and an island was formed.
00:46With the help of the government, the barangay, and the residents here, they planted rice fields.
00:54And now, this is one of the Mangrove Ecotourism Park.
01:00Mangrove Crab
01:06The Bakawans in Smuan are not only a protection against storms and floods.
01:10They are also home to different types of fish, including the mangrove crabs.
01:16And that is my story for tonight.
01:20One of the food that we get here is what we call the mangrove crab or mud crab.
01:27I am here with the experts in mangrove crab.
01:31Are you the experts in mangrove crab?
01:34How will you know what to look for?
01:37There's a hole here.
01:38Okay, there's a hole.
01:39Oh, that big of a hole?
01:41Yes.
01:42And then?
01:43Is there more?
01:44Yes, there's more.
01:45Where?
01:46And then?
01:47There's something moving.
01:48Yes.
01:49And now?
01:52Oh, there's nothing.
01:53Oh, I think it's growing.
01:56That's so hard.
01:58Here, it's getting something.
01:59There.
02:00Get it.
02:01Oh, that's big.
02:03When this is low tide in this area, they go to the river.
02:09When the water is high, they will come out to rest.
02:12Oh, okay.
02:13The native ones are the ones that are here.
02:16That's why they're that big?
02:18Yes.
02:19But some are getting bigger.
02:20But it's too late when the time is like this.
02:23Okay.
02:25Wait, there's nothing.
02:29As I continue my mangrove crab hunting,
02:32will I be able to find anything in these holes?
02:35Oh, I hope I don't get stuck.
02:38They say there's something positive here.
02:42Oh, my God.
02:43It's big.
02:44It's so deep.
02:45It's so deep.
02:48Oh, it's so small.
02:50Okay, that's okay.
02:54It's so deep.
02:57They're native ones.
02:59There's a hole here.
03:01Maybe there's something here.
03:03Brother, maybe there's something here.
03:05Look.
03:10Ouch!
03:15Ouch!
03:16It bit me.
03:19It bit me.
03:24Wait, there's another hand here.
03:27Maybe my other hand bit me.
03:29Hey, I cut its hand.
03:33Huh?
03:34Wait, it's gone.
03:39The mangrove crabs here are also called mud crabs.
03:44They're also called mud crabs.
03:48This is one of the main sources of income for fishermen in Sasmuan.
03:53It's gone.
03:54Wait, wait, wait.
03:55We'll just get this.
03:56I'll just cut it.
03:57It's getting stuck.
03:59Oh, there are two of them?
04:04That's not it.
04:05Oh, this one.
04:06This one.
04:07It's gone.
04:09This is your hand.
04:10Yes.
04:13Wait.
04:14Wait, one of them is escaping.
04:15I'll get it.
04:16If you catch a mud crab,
04:18you should go to its mouth.
04:20You think so?
04:22Ouch!
04:24Ouch!
04:31This is too much.
04:41That's why I said it's your hand.
04:44I got two of them.
04:47But the catch of the mud crabs in Sasmuan is regulated by the local government
04:52to avoid overfishing.
04:55They need a permit and there's a schedule given to the fishermen
04:59before they catch it.
05:03I'll press it right away.
05:04Right away.
05:06Come on.
05:07Hold it.
05:08Like this, ma'am.
05:09Huh?
05:10Hold it like this.
05:11Can you hold it first?
05:12Then what?
05:13I'm getting scared.
05:15Just let it out a little, brother.
05:18I'll just press it a little.
05:20Huh?
05:21Press it?
05:22Okay, okay, okay.
05:23Wait, wait, wait.
05:24Wait, wait, wait, brother.
05:26Where should I press it?
05:27Press it like this, ma'am.
05:29Wait, okay?
05:31It should be like this.
05:34Ouch!
05:35Wait, wait.
05:37It's still chasing me.
05:40Ouch!
05:44It took my hand again.
05:46They're so small.
05:51It doesn't want to be taken off my gloves.
05:55The most delicious trivia time.
05:57Did you know that the mangrove crabs are nocturnal or awake at night?
06:02They look for food every night,
06:05and the predators are smaller or can eat them at night.
06:09That's why every morning, they're usually under the ground and resting.
06:15Oh, they're still sleeping now.
06:17Sorry, crabs.
06:19Oh, my God!
06:20Oh, my God!
06:23It's a different level.
06:27I'm bleeding.
06:29Oh, my God!
06:30Oh, my God!
06:33The mangrove crabs help a lot in the mangrove protected areas.
06:37By making holes under the ground,
06:42they improve the quality of the soil and water flow.
06:49They also help provide nutrients to the trees in Bacawan
06:53from the plants they eat.
06:56Oh, my God! I'm bleeding.
06:57Oh, my God! I'm bleeding.
06:59I touched it with my hand.
07:01I touched it with my hand.
07:02It touched it like that.
07:05I pinched it.
07:07Yes.
07:10But it will get better.
07:12I have super powers.
07:13Healing powers.
07:14I'm kidding.
07:15Here. But not too much.
07:18No, not too much.
07:19There.
07:21It's just like that.
07:22Yes.
07:23It's just small.
07:25It's also small.
07:26It made a hole.
07:28It made a hole.
07:30It made a hole.
07:33See? It made a hole.
07:38Hey, brother, there's one more hole.
07:39Let's find another hole.
07:41Should I put it on my back?
07:43I should get it on my butt, right?
07:44You should get it on your butt, ma'am.
07:45Not like this.
07:47Oh, okay, okay. I know, I know.
07:48Put it on your back, ma'am.
07:49You should always put it on your back.
07:51So that it doesn't pinch you.
07:52You should keep it like this.
07:53Okay, okay. I can do that.
07:57So I need to flatten it first.
07:59Are you ready?
08:01You can do it like that.
08:05Go back.
08:07Wait, Kuya. It's like that.
08:09It's going back. Wait a minute.
08:11There.
08:13I'm going to bend it.
08:15That's how you do it.
08:17Then I'm going to press it.
08:19I'm going to get it here.
08:21Hold my finger, Kuya.
08:25Wait, Kuya.
08:27I'm going to get it.
08:31Wait, can't I just hold it here?
08:33I'm going to chase you.
08:35Okay.
08:37That's how you do it, Ma'am.
08:39That's how you do it, Ma'am.
08:41Two fingers like this?
08:43That's how you do it, Ma'am.
08:45Okay.
08:47No, but...
08:49Wait a minute.
08:51Let me do it.
08:59Ouch, ouch, ouch.
09:01It's scary to get pinched again.
09:03I'm getting ticklish.
09:07So I'm going to be careful
09:09to get this alimangong.
09:13But did you know
09:15that even if the alimangong gets pinched,
09:17it can still grow?
09:19Because alimangongs have a natural ability
09:21to develop new pinches.
09:25The growth of their pinches
09:27depends on the age of the alimangong.
09:29One year for adult crabs
09:31and two to three months
09:33for the younger alimangong.
09:37Wait, I hope I can get this alimangong.
09:39If you do that,
09:41you won't be able to reach it.
09:43I won't be able to reach it?
09:47You're too much!
09:51Okay, I get it.
09:53Okay, game.
09:55I can do this.
09:57So I'm going to do this.
09:59I'm going to hold you here.
10:05Mud crab or magro crab.
10:07Don't pinch me.
10:11You're going to hold it here
10:13and then you're going to press it.
10:15That's it.
10:17What's good to cook here?
10:19There's a lot.
10:21You can put sinigang in paget pat
10:23or adobo.
10:25And then the one with alige.
10:27That's what's good.
10:29It's high blood.
10:31It's young.
10:33Let's cook.
10:35Don't pinch me.
10:37Fight the alimangong.
10:39Ouch!
10:41I got pinched.
10:45I'm going to fight
10:47the taste.
10:49Sweet revenge.
10:51My favorite
10:53is the alimangong.
10:55These are the mangrove crab
10:57or ema if you want to call it here
10:59in Kapampangan.
11:01And what we're going to cook
11:03is adobo alimangong
11:05with alige.
11:07I'm going to
11:09taste this for the first time.
11:11I'm here with Ate Mercedes.
11:13She's going to cook adobo alimangong with alige.
11:15Alright.
11:17Let's start.
11:23In a pan,
11:25sauté the garlic and onion.
11:29Then add the chopped alimangong.
11:33Ouch! I got pinched.
11:35That's why it has to be delicious.
11:37Next,
11:39add the pepper,
11:41salt,
11:43and vinegar.
11:47Let it boil
11:49for 5 minutes.
11:51You know that the vinegar is already cooked
11:53when you open it,
11:55the smell is not that strong.
11:57Yes.
11:59Set aside
12:01the cooked alimangong.
12:03In the same pan,
12:05sauté the garlic and onion.
12:07Then mix
12:09the alige
12:11of the alimangong.
12:13Just mix it a little bit.
12:15Next,
12:17mix the cooked alimangong.
12:23Lastly, add the long pepper.
12:27And later,
12:29the adobo alimangong
12:31with alige.
12:35It's done!
12:37The rice is ready!
12:39Inadobong alimangong
12:41with alige.
12:47Oh, wow!
12:49Let's taste it.
12:55Mmm!
12:57It's so...
12:59Mmm!
13:01It's so delicious!
13:05It's not fishy at all.
13:07The meat of the alimangong is sweet.
13:11Mmm!
13:13It's so delicious!
13:17Mmm!
13:19It's a win!
13:21You don't need to add
13:23the alige because
13:25the alige is already included
13:27in the dish.
13:29It's so delicious!
13:31I hope there will be more alige.
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