Aired (August 18, 2024): Join Doc Ferds Recio as he rescues a lost monitor lizard found wandering in the neighborhoods of Marilao, Bulacan, and San Pedro, Laguna. Meanwhile, Doc Nielsen Donato investigates a frog infestation in Batangas, where he uncovers a hybrid species of frogs. Watch this video.
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00:00Oh
00:30Me
00:46All these frogs it's like a plague
01:00Um
01:30In a house in Marilao, Bulacan, you will see a row of chicken cages.
01:46In one of the cages, there is a strange animal.
01:56This is the Marbled Water Monitor Lizard or Bayawak.
02:02In a small chicken cage, it is forced to fit its body.
02:08Part of it moves in its cage and the Bayawak is just resting.
02:15But don't just approach it.
02:19Because if it gets angry...
02:25What happened? Why do you have a Bayawak here?
02:27On Wednesday, I was about to go to work in the morning.
02:31Now, I heard it making noise.
02:33When I saw it, I thought it was a big one.
02:37I looked for it and it climbed on my back.
02:40There's a commotion here, you can hear it.
02:43There's a Bayawak.
02:44So I told him not to kill it.
02:46I'll take care of it.
02:48He said, if you can catch it, come down here.
02:50So your call to us is to surrender?
02:53It's really my intention.
02:55What is the status of the Bayawak that you saw?
02:58There are no wounds?
02:59None.
03:00You did the right thing, sir.
03:01This might not be the last time you'll encounter it.
03:06But the most dangerous thing for them is the bite.
03:08Because their mouth is dirty.
03:10It's not because they have venom, but because their mouths are dirty.
03:15So you can get infected if you get bitten like that.
03:19Also, you did the right thing to transport it.
03:25You moved it to a place like this, where dogs can't bite it.
03:30Eddie was also worried about the Municipal Environment and Natural Resources,
03:35or MENROMARILAU, which is in Danmark.
03:37If you see a Bayawak,
03:39because you said there's another one.
03:42There's a picture of it.
03:44Yes, but we couldn't find it.
03:46If it ever reappears and you're the last ones to catch it,
03:49just contact us and we'll go there so our team can handle the animal.
03:56The Bayawak is almost 2 meters long,
04:01and it has a width of 6.5 meters.
04:13Lucky.
04:14Lucky.
04:16The mouth.
04:20It's big and strong.
04:22Hold it here.
04:28It's heavy.
04:32Wait.
04:33Let's catch it first.
04:35It's a huge Bayawak.
04:37You saw it earlier, it's mouth is open.
04:39It's ready to bite.
04:40Because it has two defenses.
04:43The first one is to flick its tail.
04:49And also,
04:51we have to be careful with the slender ones like this.
04:55It's heavy.
04:57Okay.
04:58Go, go, go.
05:00Go, go.
05:02This is okay in a way.
05:04So it won't freak out if it doesn't see anything.
05:11Let's put a rope.
05:13Let's put a rope.
05:15So it'll be able to breathe.
05:17If it's able to reach this size, it means it has a lot of food in this area.
05:20Maybe there are a lot of scavengers living here.
05:24They can also survive on the leftover food.
05:29Usually, it's in the riverside or in restaurants.
05:31Just so happens that we have a big flood recently.
05:35It might have reached this area.
05:40Let's put a rope.
05:48It's a big one.
05:50We brought Bayawang to a release site in Marilao.
05:57It's huge.
05:59Before it went away, I tested the Bayawang again.
06:03It's injured.
06:05I think the teeth were removed.
06:07I didn't expect this.
06:09Did you remove it?
06:11Yes.
06:13The teeth were removed.
06:16It's not there anymore.
06:18Look at the teeth.
06:20The upper teeth are small.
06:22It's serrated.
06:24Even though it's small, it's still sharp.
06:26So when it bites, it really stings.
06:28The lower teeth are reduced.
06:30Maybe when it bit the bags or the metal cage,
06:36the teeth were really hurt.
06:38I don't know if this was self-inflicted.
06:42But those teeth are going to grow back.
06:44We just need to give it some antibiotics, treatment, and vitamins.
06:52So that it can be helped.
06:54But it's really big.
06:56It's body is okay.
06:58It looks okay.
07:00The skin, everything.
07:02There are a few scratches.
07:04But it's generally healthy.
07:06I can release this back.
07:08Just wait for it.
07:10It's really big.
07:12It's big, right?
07:18From its small cage,
07:20it was able to travel
07:22to the mouth of the bayawak.
07:32This month,
07:34a bayawak was caught
07:36in the window of a house
07:38in San Pedro, Laguna.
07:41Meanwhile,
07:43this bayawak was helped
07:45by a resident named Lito
07:47in the cage of his birds.
07:49If the birds are
07:51active in their cage,
07:53the bayawak is just quiet
07:55and resting.
07:57This bayawak is juvenile.
08:01Because the bayawak
08:03was raised by Lito
08:05for only two days,
08:07he was watering it
08:09when it was hot.
08:11A friend of mine came to me,
08:13the owner of the house.
08:15He said,
08:17there's a bayawak
08:19on the screen.
08:21He said,
08:23if you catch it,
08:25you can plant it.
08:27I told him,
08:29if we catch it well,
08:31I will force it
08:33in your program.
08:35I think,
08:38the timing is right.
08:40So, this is our bayawak.
08:42It's small.
08:44But this is usually
08:46the one that can enter
08:48the holes.
08:50This is the usual size of bayawak
08:52that are in the cage
08:54because they are looking for water.
08:56They are very inquisitive.
08:58They are curious about the surroundings.
09:00They don't know the danger yet.
09:02At the same time,
09:04it's very agile.
09:08**Suspenseful Music**
09:18**Suspenseful Music**
09:28Relax.
09:30Relax.
09:32You can see the tail of the bayawak.
09:34Just let it dig in.
09:36The best really is for this kind of animals na, wala damage yung katawan, very agile,
10:00healthy naman, healthy looking, i-release na agad, huwag na patagalin sa isang lugar,
10:06sina-stress pa sila eh.
10:08Transfer natin, pupunta doon sa rescue center.
10:11Pansamantalang munang iiwan sa pangangalaga ng rescue center sa Laguna ang bayawak na ito.
10:18Kapag nagawa na ng report ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources or DNR Calabarzon,
10:24ay makakabalik na rin sya sa wild.
10:27Sa pagkasira ng habitat ng mga bayawak, sila ay naliligaw sa lugar ng mga tao.
10:38Hindi para manakit, maaring nagahanap lang sila ng makakain o pansamantalang matutuluyan
10:45hanggang sila ay makabalik sa kanilang natural habitat.
10:49Sa isang lumang fountain sa Batangas, nakatira ang kumpol-kumpol ng mga palaka.
11:04Pero paano nalang kung sila ang bubungan sayo?
11:09Oh my God!
11:11Ang dami!
11:13All these frogs, it's like a plague.
11:20Pansamantalang munang iiwan sa pangangalaga ng rescue center
11:28Nasa higit limampung palaka ang aming nakita rito.
11:33May nagkukumpulan sa isang sulok.
11:37May lumalangoy.
11:39Ini-enjoy ang tubig.
11:44May klingi.
11:45At may ilan din gustong mapag-isa.
11:51Ang fountain ay bahagi ng isang subdivision.
11:54Pero hindi na ito tinirahan mula noong 2022 dahil sa pandemia.
12:01At mga palakana ang naging residente rito.
12:05Maging ang mga anak nilang butete ay kasama rin nila.
12:09Ayon kay Kagawad Mar, pumupunta ang mga palaka sa isang subdivision.
12:15Ang mga palaka sa fountain dahil sa mga insekto na pagkain nila.
12:20Noong nakita namin na ganyan na karami kami nga po inagtaka kung saan po kaya dumaan yan.
12:26Umaakit po sila sa hagdan kapag, halimbawa po kapag gabi dahil gusto po nila makakuha ng mga pagkain tulad po ng insekto.
12:35Hindi na sila nakawala nang buwaba ang naipong tubig dahil sa ulan.
12:40Tag-araw, tag-init, talagang may nasa-stack dyan na palaka.
12:45Bale sir, tuwing tag-unan lang po may nais-stack dyan pala nga po.
12:53Once nakapasok sila dyan, parang death trap na nila yan.
12:59Tingin natin kung marami talaga.
13:02Medyo may amoy nga. Ito, ang dami. Nakahalera sila dito, mga payat na.
13:09Dahil sa naipong tubig, dito na sila nagpaparami.
13:13Tingin natin kung buhay pa ba yung mini-mate niya. Baka mamiya, necrophilia na ito.
13:21Parang tinakastaan niya pa yung patay na.
13:27Ayun no, mini-mate niya. Patay na!
13:31Patay na!
13:35Oh my God! Ang dami!
13:41All these frogs, it's like a plague. Sa Biblia, yung napakarami yung mga palaka. Ang dami nito.
13:51May kasabihan sa amin, pag gumawa ka raw ng mga ganitong uri ng palaka,
13:56magkakaroon ka raw ng kulugo pag nahihiyan ka nito.
14:02Well, that's not true.
14:07Itlog na mga palaka ang puting bulan na ito.
14:10Ito yung mga eggs nila.
14:13Let's see kung may mga napipisahan na dito.
14:17Itong ebidensya na nabubulok na lang sila dito, ito ay yung tinatawag na femur.
14:25Kaya nila mang-iklog ng 30,000 piraso dalawang beses kada taon.
14:31Pagdating ng tagulan, pag nag-hatch na yung mga eggs na yan,
14:36those frog tadpoles will slowly go into the water.
14:42Frog tadpoles will slowly go into the pond or kung anong body of water na walang current.
14:51Invasive species ang mga cane toad kaya hindi sila welcome sa atin.
14:56Sila ay native sa Central at South America.
15:01Nagsesecret sila ng lason sa kanilang parotid glands bilang kanilang dipensa.
15:07Pag pinisako yan, may tatalsik.
15:13Yan ang dipensa ng mga palakano ito kaya napakabilis silang dumami.
15:20Pabuti at nasa loob lang ng fountain na ito ang mga pesting cane toad.
15:27Sa pagsisimula ng tagulan, nagsimula na rin mag-ingay ang mga palaka sa bukit.
15:35Nandito tayo sa bukit rin kung saan marami mga uri ng palaka.
15:39Kasama natin si MJ at nanguhuli sila ng palaka para kainin.
15:45Additional source of protein.
15:47Ang nakikita daw dito is yung naked na palaka, yung palakang bukit kung tawagin.
15:52Tutit kung minsan.
15:54Tutit ang tawag.
15:55Tapos yung bullfrog.
15:57Bullfrog.
15:58Palakang dikit.
15:59Yung bullfrog, ano ata yan, introduced yan.
16:02Mas malalaki at mas malalaman yung bullfrog.
16:05Target ng aming team na makita ang mga endemic frogs.
16:10Pero una naming nakita ang mga invasive cane toad.
16:16Palatandaan na kahit narito sa Mindoro ay nakarating na rin sila.
16:22Nakakasalomohan na nila ang ating mga native frogs.
16:27Hirap daw tayo maghanap ngayon dahil pag maliwanag yung buwan,
16:31kalat-kalat sila,
16:33and pag lumalapit yung tao, tumatahimik sila,
16:37which nawawala yung clue natin.
16:40Ano yan?
16:43May humuhuni.
16:45Sa loob.
16:46Ah, sa loob nito.
16:51Iba na yung itsura nila.
16:53Hindi na ito yung mga regular na tutit na nakikita ko.
16:56Hindi na ito yung mga regular na tutit na nakikita ko.
17:00Nakikita mo yung bullfrog sinasampan niya yung tutit?
17:04Nag-hybrid na sila.
17:05Huhuli ako ng isa,
17:07tapos tignan natin yung itsura ng mga tutit na ito.
17:11Magtawagin.
17:17Huli ka.
17:19Madulas siya.
17:20Kaya marami yung mga natatakot sa palaka dahil they are very slimy.
17:26Ginagamit din yung slime na yan para makatakas sa prey nila.
17:30At sa isang sako naman, naroon ang mga bullfrog.
17:34Look at that.
17:35An lalaki ng mga.
17:36Uh, parang anon,
17:37camouflage yung itsura nila.
17:39Some of them are greenish.
17:41Some of them are brownish.
17:44So, huli na ako ng isa dito.
17:46So, itong dalawang species ng frog na ito,
17:48ay nakikita dito sa bukid na ito.
17:51And ikukumpara natin itong mga tutit na ito.
17:55Maya-maya pa.
17:57May sumama pa.
17:58May sumama pa pang ginagawin nito.
18:03Ang toad, usually, nasa land yan.
18:07Pero pwedeng amphibious din sila.
18:10Pwedeng nasa tubig sila.
18:12Pero makikita nyo na yung balak nila,
18:16mas magaspang yung kanilang balat kumpara sa frog.
18:24Mas makinis.
18:25Ito, leathery, yung kanilang balat.
18:29Sa aking pag-oobserba sa mga native frogs,
18:33mukhang na hybrid na ng ibang species ng palaka.
18:37Ayon sa eksperto, may posibilidad itong mangyari.
18:42Base sa mga maraming pag-aarap na ginagawa ng ating biologists,
18:47especially mga herbal pathologists,
18:49yung mga nakikita dito na mga species ng mga balaka,
18:53ay combination na siya, mixture na siya,
18:56ng both native, mga native species,
18:59at meron na rin yung tinatalag ng material species.
19:03Maaring ma-extinct ang native wildlife kung dadami ang invasive species.
19:09Isa itong global observation.
19:12It's a global threat.
19:14Malaki yung pinsala nito, hindi lamang sa mga species mismo,
19:20kapatid na rin sa habitat, yung ecosystem,
19:24matitit sila sa ekonomiya natin.
19:27Malaki rin rin yung impact nito sa tapak.
19:29Sa pagdami ng cane toad na isang invasive species,
19:33naharap ngayon sa malaking hamon ang ating native biodiversity.
19:40Tamang kaalaman sa ating endemic species ang paraan para maalagaan ang kapaligiran
19:46upang matiyak ang kapakanan ng ating native wildlife.
19:50Maraming salamat sa panonood ng Born to be Wild.
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