Punto de Vista: Pagpapahalaga at pag-unawa sa mga buwaya bilang endangered species
Punto de Vista: Pagpapahalaga at pag-unawa sa mga buwaya bilang endangered species
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00:00to take care of the animals and protect the Balabac Mouse Deer, or Pilandok, as an endangered species.
00:05This is what Professor Antonio Contreras will discuss here in Punto de Vista, Professor.
00:18Thank you very much, Dayan.
00:20Yesterday was a holiday because it was Eid al-Adha, and last Sunday was Father's Day.
00:28But for those of you who don't know, yesterday was not a World Crocodile Day.
00:35A lot of people are asking, why do we need to celebrate Eid al-Adha?
00:40Because people in Buhaya think that if you fight, you die.
00:45Yesterday, my family and I went to the National Museum in Manila
00:56and we saw the biggest crocodile in Buhaya.
01:00For an ordinary citizen of Buhaya, they should be afraid.
01:04That is the image they show.
01:07They die.
01:09But the truth is, why does Buhaya die?
01:14Buhaya dies because people have taken their homes.
01:20If we look at this, let's think.
01:23Before people came here, Buhayans already lived in their areas.
01:28They lived in rice fields and rivers.
01:31And as more people came here, their homes were already taken by Buhayans.
01:36They were already converted to fisheries.
01:39The rice fields were cut down to make rice paddies.
01:43So, the truth is, we are the ones who are invading Buhaya, not them.
01:49And if they die, it is because of self-defense.
01:52In fact, according to scientists, the biggest encounter between man and human and crocodile
01:59was especially in June to August because this is the breeding season.
02:03The eggs of Buhaya hatched and their offspring were taken care of by their mothers.
02:10Let's look at people.
02:11Our instinct as parents is to protect our children.
02:17Now, if you are in a situation where your former home is inhabited by people
02:22who are planning to kill you, are you not going to defend yourself?
02:26What is the real value of Buhaya?
02:29Don't you know that Buhaya is an indicator species?
02:33What does it mean to be an indicator species?
02:35If there is Buhaya in a place, it means that the fish is rich.
02:40Buhaya fertilizes our water.
02:50Others say that if there is Buhaya, there will be a lot of fish.
02:55But for us, we are caught by the fish.
02:58Look at the issue.
02:59If there are a lot of fish, there will be a lot of Buhaya.
03:02But if we take the fish, cut it down, they are no longer inhabited.
03:08This proves that we were born on this planet.
03:12That we are not alone.
03:14There are those who came before us.
03:16The bad thing about this is that we are very ethnocentric.
03:19If we look at the species.
03:20Other animals have no value.
03:22Meanwhile, there are those who are afraid.
03:27But in truth, they are valuable.
03:30And they should be taken care of.
03:31So what should we do?
03:33We should be careful.
03:35Don't go to rivers that have Buhaya.
03:37Don't go if you know that it's breeding season for Buhaya.
03:42We should be careful.
03:44What is saddening here is that we still use Buhaya as a metaphor for famine and famine.
03:50We call politicians Buhaya if they are stealing from the people.
03:55But don't you know that when Buhaya is full, it stops eating?
04:00Meanwhile, famine and famine have no fullness.
04:04So isn't it unfair to use Buhaya as a metaphor for famine and famine?
04:10Buhaya is misunderstood.
04:12But there are animals that are not noticed.
04:16Like the Balabak Mouse Deer.
04:19It is found in the Philippines.
04:21It is found in the islands of Balabak at the end of Palawan.
04:26In Tagalog, it is called Pilandok.
04:30I don't know if you know that there is a Pilandok Mouse Deer.
04:35It is not noticed.
04:37It is not talked about.
04:38But it is endangered.
04:40It is not popular with tarsiers or eagles.
04:45Because it is used by tourists.
04:48Buhaya is not afraid of it.
04:50Because that is what we are used to.
04:53Fighting the people.
04:54But it is endangered.
04:56The government does not have a program to protect it.
05:00Specifically, the Pilandok.
05:02So I hope that if we are protecting the tarsiers and the Philippine eagles,
05:07with our wildlife that is endangered,
05:10we will include the Balabak Mouse Deer, the Pilandok.
05:15You know, this is proven that in our world today,
05:18we are not among the people.
05:20We are just part of a wider ecosystem.
05:24And the Buhaya, the Pilandok, and the other animals,
05:29there is a reason why they are there.
05:33Let us understand why they are there.
05:36Let us look at them.
05:37Let us be united.
05:39Because when we were all created by the Almighty,
05:42not only humans were created.
05:44He also created all of them.
05:47We are all together in one home, the planet.
05:51And we should all help each other,
05:54support each other, understand each other.
05:57We should not be afraid.
06:01Just like that.
06:03So that is my point of view for this hour.
06:06Thank you very much.
06:07Back to you in the studio.
06:09And thank you very much, Professor Contreras.