Higanteng buwaya na si 'Pangil' na may malubhang sakit sa balat, inoperahan! | Born to be Wild - video Dailymotion

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Aired (February 23, 2025): PANGIL, INOPERAHAN!   Bago pumanaw ang pinakamalaki at pinakamatandang buwaya sa isang crocodile park sa Davao, nasaksihan ng Born to be Wild si 'Pangil' na may iniindang malubhang sakit sa balat. Isinailalim ito sa operasyon sa tulong ni Doc Nielsen Donato. Panoorin ang video!   ‘Born to be Wild’ is GMA Network’s groundbreaking environmental and wildlife show hosted by resident veterinarians Doc Nielsen Donato and Doc Ferds Recio. #BornToBeWild #GMAPublicAffairs #GMANetwork   Watch it every Sunday, 9 AM on GMA  Network. Subscribe to youtube.com/gmapublicaffairs for our full episodes.

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00:00This creature looks fierce.

00:10With its large body and teeth, it can knock down its enemies.

00:21But in the face of danger,

00:23when it gets lost in the house,

00:27it can't avoid being chased by people.

00:37A boy was also caught in the middle of the Languyan Tawi-Tawi Basin.

00:48The fishermen were affected.

00:53The creature remained in the village for two days.

00:58That's why more than 10 people helped to get it on a makeshift boat.

01:06From the island, they brought more than 18 creatures to the center.

01:13Now, it's under the care of the Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Energy of Tawi-Tawi.

01:21This kind of incident is often done by communities that have an endangered creature.

01:30The bite of the creature, the accidental bite of humans,

01:36doesn't mean that you already know the food.

01:39It could be that it has food to eat again,

01:42and it will return to the place where it was caught.

01:44Pangil is an adult saltwater crocodile that was caught in Agusan Marsh in the 1990s.

01:52It was hit by a bullet in the side.

01:56It was shot in fear of being eaten by other animals in its community.

02:02He was brought to us from Agusan with a gunshot wound on his right leg.

02:11A gunshot wound on his right rear, close to his tail.

02:17We treated him. There was no way of bringing him back to the wild because there's already a community there.

02:25Pangil was brought to Davao Crocodile Park,

02:29a facility in Davao accredited by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, or DENR,

02:36to take care of animals such as crocodiles.

02:39Pangil is the oldest and the biggest crocodile that was taken care of in Davao Crocodile Park.

02:46But after almost three decades,

02:50Pangil started to have severe injuries.

02:54Unfortunately, Pangil has a lesion on his left finger on his left foot.

03:02The small wound on his left finger has healed.

03:06Until the tumor became 1.5 kilograms.

03:10It was just a small wound.

03:12And then the management was just like wound management.

03:18One year later, in 2021, the tumor became like a small ping pong ball.

03:24So we took a sample for biopsy.

03:29Because of his age, the operation will be done early.

03:33With the help of 20 specialists, Pangil was operated on in 2023.

03:42It was built by wildlife veterinarians under my leadership and by Doc Bayani Vanderbroek of Davao City.

03:50The veterinary assistants and the Davao Crocodile Park personnel are also here.

03:57We have no choice but to operate and amputate that area.

04:03We computed the dose and we used the lower dose.

04:07Then we divided the dose and we are slowly giving sedatives and tranquilizers.

04:14Because our fear is that we might be successful in removing the tumor.

04:20But we might not wake up later.

04:23After giving him a place to sleep,

04:26Pangil was placed in a squeeze cage where he will be operated.

04:45We are slowly reducing the amount of sedatives and tranquilizers.

04:50We are slowly reducing the number of toes, seeing how deep the tumor went.

04:55At first, when I was removing the toes, it was hard to remove the bone.

05:00So I needed to use an oscillating saw to cut the phalanges, the digits of the feet.

05:13It took three hours before the tumor was removed.

05:17Finally, we completed the procedure for Pangil.

05:22It was really hard for me.

05:24With my team, Doc Bayani, things became much more manageable.

05:29The post-op care, I think, will be one of the most difficult tasks of Team Pangil.

05:37Because for now, it looks like we closed his wound well.

05:43But, of course, when Pangil moves,

05:49the stump that we left can open up.

05:53The antibiotics, the pain medications,

05:58how to prevent flies that will be attracted in that wound area.

06:03Five months passed.

06:06I brought Pangil again.

06:09His wound was slowly healing,

06:12but there were still surgical sutures or stitches left.

06:16The absorbables won't last long.

06:19And because it doesn't melt, it's still there.

06:23So we will try to remove it.

06:32One year later.

06:42Pangil can now move the part of his foot that was operated on.

06:48One year after I took care of Pangil,

06:51we were entrusted with the management of Davao Crocodile Park

06:56for his funeral in January this year.

06:59Pangil died due to complications of his skin cancer or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma.

07:10If Pangil grew up with human care,

07:15Moki Sr. had a different fate.

07:20He was hospitalized until he died in 2019.

07:27He was fed by the wildlife there.

07:36In the world of wildlife and humans,

07:40it's important to know that saltwater crocodiles become aggressive,

07:45especially during mating season.

07:48It starts every November until March.

07:53Next time, we will see the crocodiles.

08:00We hope to learn from the people who guide the crocodiles,

08:05especially since we are just a part of their territory.

08:22Thank you for watching Born to be Wild.

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Higanteng buwaya na si 'Pangil' na may malubhang sakit sa balat, inoperahan! | Born to be Wild

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