Aired (April 6, 2025): Iba’t ibang uri ng mga hayop at insekto ang matatagpuan sa Natural Bonsai Forest sa Mount Redondo, Dinagat Island. Ano-ano nga ba ang makikita rito? Alamin ‘yan sa video na ‘to!
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00:00In this forest, all the trees are small
00:07Imagine a miniature forest in a movie
00:17This dwarf forest is real and can be seen in Dinagat Island
00:25It's age is said to be 100 years
00:32Underneath this forest, different life forms live
00:39Just like a walking stick insect
00:42A special forest is the destination of our team in Loreto, Dinagat Islands
01:02Not like a big tree in the forest, because it's smaller
01:08Trees here look old, but they are still small
01:15That's what's special about the Bonsai Forest
01:17Yes! We're almost there!
01:39Yes! I'm on top of the world!
01:42I'm on top of the world!
01:45It's beautiful!
01:57In this small forest, there are also small creatures
02:03It's like Valentine's Day is extended to the walking stick insect we saw
02:13They are just quiet
02:20Oh my God! Look at this! The female is a lot larger and look at it
02:27Amazing! It's like it's camouflaged
02:31Look at that! They're mating
02:34The female definitely is the larger one and the male is smaller
02:38And it's mimicking a twig of a bonsai
02:42It's not a twig, it's a bonsai with a lot of bark
02:46It's just one species and you can see it's mimicking the trunk of a bonsai
02:54We left it on the leaves so that it won't move
03:04A walking stick insect, when the sun is up, the blue color comes out
03:12But don't underestimate it because when it's in the wild, it's really a battle
03:29It has a beautiful face, the color is bluish
03:33When they're walking, their tail looks like a scorpion
03:37You might think it's just plastic because it's shiny and it's metallic blue
03:44I'm expecting a different type of fauna
03:47And what's popular here is the stick insects
03:54Imagine here, they don't have to fly because they don't have a big tree to fly
04:01That's why they're adapted to this condition
04:07Look at this, amazing
04:11It's head is white and it has spots on its legs
04:18They don't have wings because they can just crawl from one bonsai to another
04:24And it only eats very specialized plants
04:36In Mount Redondo, it's still early and it's already waiting for its prey
04:50Its target is to find a delicious breakfast
04:55While the inchworm is trying to hide in the pitcher plant
05:00But wait, you have to be careful
05:08Because an inchworm can go inside the pitcher plant
05:14Every time it goes inside, it's life is in danger
05:21The water of the pitcher plant is mixed with acid, which is the cause of the victim's death
05:27There are some that prefer to stay calm, like the snout beetle
05:34The spiny ant is not afraid
05:41It looks like it's looking for its companions
05:44But it's not
05:49In this small forest, it learned that it can only live if it's companion is alive
05:57This is the pill bug
05:59It's beautiful
06:01It's eating my stick
06:04When I move it, it becomes round
06:10Yes, it became round
06:14It's eating my stick
06:23This is the fifth one we've seen
06:26It's amazing
06:29Its foot looks like an antenna
06:40It's amazing
06:44Not all animals can live in the bonsai forest
06:56Especially that the soil here is rich in metallic content
07:01Like the nickel used to make gadgets
07:04According to Dr. Jessamine Adorada, an entomologist, this place is special
07:11They are the only ones who can survive with the environmental drastic conditions
07:17Along with the soil nutrients present
07:20So, if the bonsai forest disappears, the walking sticks you see will be wiped out
07:27They're next to each other
07:29If the bonsai forest disappears, the walking sticks you see will be wiped out
07:34Their next generation may want to feed on other sources of plants or food
07:39But it will take some time
07:41Mount Redondo is one of the mountains with a large bonsai forest in the Philippines
07:48But it's rich is almost gone
07:51When the other part of it was allowed to be cultivated
08:00The large bonsai trees left behind in the mountains
08:06Mount Redondo is in Dinagat Islands
08:12It's the only protected area
08:15That's why the bonsai forest is maintained
08:18But outside of this perimeter of the bonsai forest are mining fields
08:25As you can see, it's all brown because the vegetation has been removed
08:31Chromico Inc. sent an email
08:35That they have stopped mining Mount Redondo for a long time
08:41For now, the local government wants to open the mountain to the mountaineers
08:47Tuktuk is a beautiful paradise
08:50For the small ones like the walking sticks, beetles, skinks
08:56And who knows what else we won't discover here
09:04When it comes to the role of nature
09:08No matter how big or small life is
09:11It has an important role in protecting the environment
09:15Thank you for watching Born to be Wild
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