Aired (April 6, 2025): Sa Linapacan, Palawan, libo-libong mga kabilaw o flying fox ang nakatira sa bakawan na malapit sa isang komunidad. Mga residente, napeperwisyo na raw! 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.
‘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.
Category
😹
FunTranscript
00:00The
00:06The
00:11The
00:18The
00:20The
00:27The
00:29Wow, it looks like it's in a mess
00:35But what it doesn't know
00:39There's something fishy
00:53These flying foxes are known as
00:55Kabilaw Sakuyunin
00:59They are looking for a place
01:01to rest
01:03after a long search for food
01:07It's time for them to rest
01:11Even though it's hot,
01:13they are still active
01:17Their eyes
01:19really make you sleepy
01:23So no matter how hard they try
01:25Kabilaw will make
01:27its mate
01:29jump
01:37Some of them
01:39can't do anything
01:41no matter how hard they try
01:45Especially when they need
01:47enough space
01:49to rest
01:55They are its instant electric fan
01:59Even though some of them
02:01are comfortable in their place
02:03there's another neighbor
02:05complaining
02:11The people
02:15The ones who live here
02:17are the cows
02:19behind Arlan's house
02:21The bats
02:23The bats you see here
02:25When did you first notice them?
02:27It's been a long time
02:29Almost 8 or 12 years
02:31With the increase of people
02:33What's the reason?
02:35Where do you think they came from?
02:37I don't know
02:39When there's more people here
02:41maybe there's more people
02:43on other islands
02:45With the increase of Kabilaw
02:47their community is louder
02:49When I wake up in the morning
02:51I hear their voices
02:53In search of a place
02:55the Kabilaw
02:57doesn't want to be defeated
03:01But it looks like
03:03the Kabilaw is in a loop
03:05with other bats
03:11In 2018
03:13residents noticed
03:15the increase of flying foxes
03:17in Lilapakan, Palawan
03:21I asked them
03:23where they came from
03:25and why they chose this place
03:27I went to the roosting site
03:29of the Kabilaw
03:31There are bats here
03:33They say
03:35they can see millions
03:37I think I'm the only one
03:39who can see them
03:41because I can't hide them
03:43from the leaves
03:45At the home of the Kabilaw
03:47we noticed
03:49that the Kabilaw
03:51has neighbors
03:53who lost their lives
03:55Why do you have a trap?
03:57Remove it
03:59Why do you have mist nets?
04:01Do you want to catch something?
04:03The bats are pitiful
04:05They might get stuck
04:07Remove it
04:09Remove it
04:11Remove it
04:13Remove it
04:15Remove it
04:17It has rabies
04:19It's sick
04:21You can't take care of it
04:23because it bites
04:25They have pests
04:27They might get sick
04:29when people eat them
04:31So you have to let them
04:33They have nothing to do with us
04:35Actually,
04:37they are one of the tree's helpers
04:39as a seed disperser
04:41so that it will grow more
04:43They are like fruit-eating bats
04:45They also help
04:47in seed dispersing
04:49Maybe that's why
04:51you have more trees here
04:53because of the bats
04:55When they eat it,
04:57they will eat it
04:59Of course, the seed is there
05:01You can plant it in the mountains
05:03They can help you in planting
05:05In the morning, it's peaceful
05:07But when it's dark,
05:09the residents are
05:11getting suspicious
05:13There are a lot of bugs
05:15when it's dirty
05:17It stings
05:19If you're outside,
05:21you'll get dirty
05:23If I'm here,
05:25I'll get dirty
05:27Every night,
05:29this is their situation
05:31with the bats
05:33The residents are getting suspicious
05:35They have nothing to do
05:37because it's part of their job
05:39When it's dark,
05:41we saw the bats
05:43coming out
05:45We could feel
05:47their droppings
05:49That's why people
05:51get lost
05:53They say it's only
05:5530 minutes
05:57After that,
05:59most bats will come out
06:01In the meantime,
06:03let's go inside
06:07It could be damaged
06:09or their roosting areas
06:11are reduced
06:13compared to their
06:15earlier habitat
06:17Their food supply
06:19could be depleted
06:21These flying foxes
06:23eat fruits
06:25Since they don't have food
06:27in their old roosting area,
06:29they will move
06:31There could be diseases
06:33from their dirt
06:35like histoplasmosis
06:37It's a type of infection
06:39that could be caused
06:41by the spores of fungus
06:43in their roosting areas
06:45In Thailand,
06:47this is also the situation
06:49where the residents
06:51live together
06:53in the same place
06:55Our team went to a place
06:57in Thailand
06:59It looks like this
07:01There's a community,
07:03cows, mountains, and bats
07:05They conducted a study
07:07where if the bats
07:09come back,
07:11that's the time when they
07:13gather in one area
07:15They put plastic bags
07:17The goal is to collect
07:19the droppings
07:21They found out
07:23that the bats
07:25are positive for nipah virus
07:27One of the head of the research team
07:29of Chonburi Anthropologist
07:31is Dr. Supaporn Watcharap Lusadi
07:33They want to discover
07:35some of the possible diseases
07:37from bats that could
07:39infect humans
07:41For example,
07:43they could go back to the pandemic
07:45and how to avoid it
07:47Bats are
07:49the natural reservoirs
07:51for many emerging
07:53infectious diseases
07:55For example, nipah virus in
07:57Asia, corona virus
07:59is a very important
08:01because it's part
08:03of the early detection
08:05Based on their study,
08:07some people got positive
08:09for nipah virus from the
08:11bat droppings they collected
08:13in Chonburi
08:15One of their mission
08:17is to let the community
08:19know and understand this
08:23So even though the residents
08:25know that this disease is possible
08:27they are still blessed
08:29This is what part of
08:31my education to
08:33the community
08:35that how to live
08:37safely with bat
08:59For the past 100 years,
09:01bats have not moved
09:03from this temple
09:05and for the past 100 years
09:07they did not show
09:09their presence
09:11Thank you so much
09:13for watching Born To Be Wild
09:15For more stories about
09:17our nature,
09:19please subscribe to
09:21JMA Public Affairs YouTube Channel