Aired (March 31, 2024): Join Docs Ferds Recio and Doc Nielsen Donato as they delve into how animals take care of their families in the wild. Watch this video!
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00:00 [Lightning Strike]
00:02 [Music]
00:12 The weather is nice in the jungle
00:16 Everyone is busy looking for food
00:20 [Music]
00:24 [Music]
00:26 Life is hard in the jungle
00:38 The male kagwang or flying lemur
00:40 is just chilling on top of the tree
00:42 But it's more fun when you have company
00:48 When you're bored on a tree
00:52 What are the kagwang waiting for?
00:54 Using their thin skin
00:58 that is attached to the feet
01:00 to the arms of the kagwang
01:02 They are like ninjas
01:06 flying over the trees
01:08 [Music]
01:12 [Music]
01:14 While the other kagwang is busy
01:28 moving the trees
01:30 This one is just relaxing
01:36 and not holding on to the tree
01:40 He's just watching his son
01:42 He's just staring at him
01:46 and it's like he's watching his surroundings
01:48 He's always watching his son
01:52 He's just a bad cat
01:56 that can fall down
01:58 That's why he's very careful
02:02 when taking care of him
02:04 He brings him wherever he goes
02:08 [Music]
02:10 This is a very unique banding
02:16 Until the moment
02:20 when the son is flying
02:22 Until the moment
02:26 when the young kagwang
02:28 becomes independent
02:30 But not like a family
02:32 Kagwang's mom is a single parent
02:36 Their parents are separated
02:38 after giving birth
02:40 But daddy kagwang
02:42 is always visiting them
02:44 to give them food
02:50 Kagwang's territory is well-known
02:58 Not everyone can enter
03:00 especially
03:02 the fierce enemies
03:04 of the Philippine Eagle
03:06 Even if it's a land or a sea
03:14 You can still see the unity of a family
03:18 That's how a clownfish's neighbor is
03:30 [Music]
03:32 Sea anemone is their home
03:36 The clownfish
03:44 are typically found in the sea anemone
03:46 and then there's a big fish
03:48 I don't know if that's the mom
03:50 or that's the dad
03:52 and then there's the mom
03:54 and then there's the babies
03:56 The father of the family
03:58 is their home
04:00 trespassing is prohibited
04:04 His wife and
04:08 his small children are there
04:10 until a happy
04:12 family banding
04:14 that went home in fear
04:16 A group of three-spot
04:20 domino damselfish
04:22 wants to steal their house
04:24 [Music]
04:26 His family
04:30 helped them
04:32 to get rid of the three-spot
04:34 domino damselfish
04:36 Finally
04:42 they got rid of the enemy
04:44 But more than that
04:48 they are protecting their territory
04:52 Because their hundreds of
04:54 children are there
04:56 still in the egg
04:58 They need to protect it
05:02 especially if there are predators
05:04 like the big fish
05:06 Sometimes, more than one
05:12 family needs to survive
05:14 in the wild
05:16 The help from the community
05:18 is also needed
05:20 if you are a big fish
05:22 Under the sea
05:28 the big family is the only one
05:30 These sardines
05:34 are literally a big family
05:36 They can reach
05:42 more than 200 million
05:44 members
05:46 Their movements
05:48 are very fast
05:50 One for all
05:52 All for one
05:54 is their goal
05:56 If there is a danger
06:04 they form a new group
06:06 of sardines
06:08 They do this
06:12 to protect themselves
06:14 from the enemy
06:16 [Music]
06:18 The rescue center is the second
06:30 home of the sardines
06:32 that are victims of poaching and abuse
06:34 Here, they are getting stronger
06:38 and sometimes,
06:40 they form their own family
06:42 like this sardine
06:44 in the cage
06:46 But mostly,
06:48 they are in the trees
06:50 This is where they were born
06:52 in the rescue center
06:54 I met their parents
06:56 Estela and Gary
06:58 They are both victims of illegal poaching
07:00 The rescuers don't know
07:02 that Estela was pregnant
07:04 I investigated Estela
07:06 when she was a baby
07:08 She went inside the cage
07:10 to nurse
07:12 We checked the female
07:14 if she still had milk
07:16 She didn't have milk
07:18 Her uterus didn't swell
07:20 It means that she is not active
07:22 Estela and Gary
07:24 have only 3 children
07:26 Since the baby sardine
07:28 is already big
07:30 She left the family
07:32 and never came back
07:34 They know that Estela and Gary
07:38 will form their own family
07:40 in the future
07:42 The couple
07:44 will stay in the center
07:46 until they can go back to the wild
07:48 This bird is being watched
08:00 from its nest
08:08 The white-bellied woodpecker
08:10 is taking out its head
08:12 to see if its mother is there
08:14 The woodpecker is with
08:24 its father
08:26 While the father is not home
08:30 the woodpecker is cleaning
08:32 its nest
08:34 [Music]
08:36 While cleaning
08:44 it noticed
08:46 something
08:48 around their nest
08:50 Two insects are
08:56 pecking at them
09:02 The father is pecking
09:04 but when he noticed
09:06 that the insects are not pecking
09:08 he immediately
09:10 went inside their nest
09:12 The insects will be
09:18 their neighbors
09:20 and it is also preparing
09:22 to form a family
09:24 The left holes
09:28 were also made
09:30 [Music]
09:32 For birds,
09:40 the family is
09:42 the responsibility of
09:44 the mother and the father
09:46 The bird is called
09:50 "Biparental care"
09:58 where both of them
10:00 are looking for food
10:02 for their children
10:04 But not all birds
10:10 can form a family in the wild
10:12 There are some species
10:18 that are bred inside the facility
10:20 like the Rufous-headed hornbill
10:22 that is critically endangered
10:24 or endangering the wild
10:26 So here in
10:28 Enfefi, which
10:30 Talarac is managing
10:32 they are very successful
10:34 in breeding hornbills
10:36 It's very difficult to breed the hornbills
10:38 because they have a certain behavior
10:40 and requirements to breed
10:42 Because of their success,
10:44 they need nutrition
10:46 and one of the supplementary food
10:48 that they are giving for the chicks
10:50 is protein, which is insects
10:52 like crickets
10:54 [Music]
10:56 When the male hornbill
10:58 sees the food,
11:00 he immediately
11:02 eats it
11:04 and after eating,
11:08 he will
11:10 feed the crickets
11:12 In this small branch of the tree,
11:18 the Rufous-headed hornbill
11:20 is laying eggs
11:22 and here, the male
11:24 hornbill is feeding the eggs
11:26 Using his beak,
11:30 he will insert the egg in the hole
11:32 From the inside of the nest,
11:36 his mother is patiently waiting
11:38 With this success,
11:40 there's a big chance that the population
11:42 of the Rufous-headed hornbills
11:44 can come back
11:46 because they have
11:48 a unique trait
11:50 compared to the remaining wild Rufous-headed hornbills
11:52 because they can adapt
11:54 to the artificial nest boxes
11:56 In the Himpapawid,
12:00 the Braminikite is watching
12:04 even though it is already in the forest
12:06 At the bottom,
12:10 there are some crickets that are chasing
12:12 But while the crickets are busy playing,
12:18 the Rufous-headed hornbills are not
12:20 The other members of the troop
12:24 are on the lookout
12:26 The typical structure of their family
12:32 has alpha males,
12:34 females,
12:36 and juveniles
12:38 The alpha male
12:40 is the one who is being chased
12:42 to make sure that
12:44 his family is safe
12:46 Just like the juveniles
12:48 that are being watched
12:50 by the Rufous-headed hornbills
12:52 There are some older juveniles
12:54 These are the ones that can defend themselves
12:58 So it's okay even if they are left behind
13:00 If there are no fruits,
13:04 the meat of other animals is their target
13:10 Just like the Braminikite
13:14 According to Albert,
13:16 a birder in Tarnati, Cavite,
13:18 he noticed that the Rufous-headed hornbill
13:22 is not returning to its nest
13:24 It's possible that
13:32 the Rufous-headed hornbill ate the Rufous-headed hornbill
13:34 There is also evidence that
13:38 there are some cockroaches in the water
13:42 Even if the sun is bright,
13:44 the Rufous-headed hornbill
13:46 is still watching the tree
13:48 They are waiting for a bird
13:52 to nest here
13:54 Until...
13:56 Two Bramilikites arrived
14:00 They are probably looking for
14:04 a nesting site
14:06 [Music]
14:08 They noticed the Rufous-headed hornbill
14:18 But there was a Rufous-headed hornbill
14:22 that suddenly came around
14:24 A small branch was stuck
14:30 They flew away
14:34 [Music]
14:36 There are species of animals
14:44 that because of their reputation
14:46 you wouldn't think
14:48 they have a motherly instinct
14:50 Even if it's territorial
14:52 It is said that the cockroaches are good parents
14:56 In the stage of courting
15:02 the Rufous-headed hornbill
15:04 the gentle side of the cockroach
15:06 is seen here
15:08 just like us humans
15:10 who are courting our partner
15:12 Three months after the breeding
15:16 and incubation
15:18 the eggs will hatch
15:20 This video proves
15:26 the love to his children
15:28 [Music]
15:30 When hatched
15:34 he will bring it to the water
15:36 Sometimes he also helps
15:40 the baby cockroach
15:42 to hatch
15:44 A motherly instinct
15:52 [Music]
15:54 It is a great sacrifice
16:04 for the animals of the family
16:06 just like us humans
16:08 Even if they are in a difficult situation
16:12 when it comes to breeding
16:14 finding food
16:16 and protecting their family
16:18 [Music]
16:20 It's not a joke
16:32 to build a family in the wild
16:34 It requires a strong heart
16:36 and a joint effort
16:38 in the challenge of nature
16:40 But there is no other family
16:42 that will guide and protect them
16:44 but us humans
16:46 There is no one who can stop nature
16:48 I am Dr. Cirescio
16:50 Doc Nielsen Donato
16:52 Born to be wild
16:54 [Music]
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16:58 [Music]
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