Balakid sa malayang paglipag ng mga paniki | Born to be Wild - video Dailymotion

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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

05:15Thank you for watching Born to be Wild

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Balakid sa malayang paglipag ng mga paniki | Born to be Wild

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