Mga grupo ng unggoy sa ilang probinsya sa bansa, problema ng mga residente | Born to be Wild - video Dailymotion

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Aired (January 5, 2025): Grupo ng unggoy sa ilang probinsya sa bansa, itinuturing na peste ng mga residente. Bakit kaya? Panoorin ang video!

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00:00In a shrinking space between humans and mosquitoes

00:08It is inevitable that it will return to steal the territory

00:14Who has more rights over them?

00:20In a place where they both belong

00:30The Mosquitoes

00:35Mosquitoes in Banton, Romblon have their own way of finding food

00:44Be careful every time you move

00:49Especially when there are a lot of eyes waiting for them

00:53And the Mosquitoes are waiting to be caught

00:57In...

00:59Patibong

01:04In 2018, the Municipal Ordinance made it legal for Mosquitoes to be trapped there

01:12Especially when it is not permissible to go near their nests

01:15In the reward system that was implemented, each Mosquito's nest has an equivalent of 150 pesos

01:25In 2022, we documented it

01:29We were able to catch the trapped Mosquitoes and a few dead Mosquitoes

01:36After the story was released to our program, the implementation of the Ordinance was immediately halted

01:46We halted the implementation because there were questions regarding the implementation

01:53And it was said that there were violations as to the provisions of the Animal Welfare Act

02:01We coordinated with the National Agencies that can help us

02:05They continued to study the next step to stop the Mosquitoes' nesting

02:13This is also the problem we are facing now in Basilan

02:19Every time the water level is low, there are groups of Mosquitoes that join forces and are ready to fight

02:31With the help of the camera traps we installed, we were able to catch a Mosquito that seemed to be preparing

02:39It is still moving

02:43It is just waiting for a chance to enter a house

02:51But it is not alone

03:01Their leader, Barotan, is the one who is serving as a lookout

03:08Some of their companions are still balancing on the fence

03:16They are just waiting for a chance to enter a house

03:22So these are the things that they are destroying?

03:26Yes

03:27Is that why you installed this?

03:28Yes, because if it wasn't for this, we wouldn't be able to fight or go to my children's school

03:33I would just stay here at home

03:36You are just watching them?

03:37Yes

03:38The food that they got was borrowed by Rasmina from the store

03:44They said that they won't be able to kill this because it is against their religion, Islam

03:52What were the people's decisions?

03:54Nothing, sir

03:55We are also afraid because if we get bitten one day, we will get sick, sir

04:03That is why the affected residents asked for help from the local government

04:08We don't have an alternative, ma'am, because it is against the religion of Islam

04:13It is also not edible

04:14That is their solution

04:16If it is possible, we will just collect it if it is approved

04:22Mosquitoes are also like humans

04:26They are looking for food to live, according to Doc Aloy Duya, a mammalogist

04:34That is why they are frequent in areas like that because it is an easy source of food

04:39It is not hard for them to find food

04:44So they know that there is a source of food here

04:46And that is a very high risk for health because the interaction between wildlife and humans is increasing

04:53And monkeys are mammals, humans are mammals

04:56So the transmission of diseases, the potential spillover of potential virus is very high

05:07But it is not necessary to get infected to stop its spread

05:14In North Cotabato, humans and monkeys live peacefully

05:21There are four groups of monkeys living in the area

05:26The most dominant group is called the Democracy Troop

05:36You can see them running, fighting, and playing

05:46This is a normal scene for the residents

05:51You can see their windows here

05:53There are wires like that because they can get food

05:58Because of the number of monkeys on the road, a motorist is adjusting it so that it won't get wet

06:03This is also the place chosen by biologist Leif to study the behavior of monkeys

06:12One of the major observations is that monkeys move more in the forest

06:19And their range is bigger compared to the monkeys that we see in the community

06:27And what we see as an implication is that monkeys in the forest practice their ecological role such as seed disperser

06:37Monkeys always misunderstand humans as pests

06:41I think the most important thing is that they are seed dispersers in the forest

06:45And they do it for free?

06:46Yes

06:49The monkeys are accepted by the community

06:53However, there still needs to be a safe distance

06:55There still needs to be boundaries that need to be established

07:07Thank you so much for watching Born to be Wild!

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Mga grupo ng unggoy sa ilang probinsya sa bansa, problema ng mga residente | Born to be Wild

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