00:00up there yeah they're right at the top oh never mind no
00:24we are reaching already uh where do we meet with you
00:26just now people found a yellow enter bugoo fleshling it probably left the nest and we
00:35put the bird back up to the tree to reunite with the parents
00:41and right now what's the next case that we are going to attend to we are going for another
00:47reunion phase with two 1010 squirrels they are quite dehydrated so we bring the squirrel over
00:55to our ranch to feed water okay then after that we will try to wring the ladder over here
01:02we don't know where the adult is but we do know that the nest is right here okay so what we're
01:06going to do is leave the babies as close as we can and we will check back on them a little bit
01:11later this evening likely what's happened is they've just got starting to get old enough to
01:17crawl around and explore so they've just come straight over the edge
01:20so the team are now responding to this case uh ti over here is now holding onto a box and inside
01:31that box is a chick of a white-breasted water hen and what they're doing now is trying to locate
01:38exactly where they they find this white-breasted water hen and hopefully they will be able to reunite
01:44with their parents so we were walking holding the chick with it chirping to try to draw her out
01:52but as we were walking over we could also hear other chicks calling from this grassy area beside us
01:58this is kind of like worst case scenario we've walked into a rescue inside the rescue
02:17here no we won't be able to reach i can see it but i don't think we can reach there
02:30how could the chick have been separated from the rest of its group unfortunately it could have
02:36something to do with its health sorry you got it yeah nice more likely it just wasn't fast enough or it
02:46wandered too far away from the rest of them we just got spooked by the car and then you ran back
02:52and there was also in the road yeah could be yeah obviously i do think in in certain cases the human
02:57infrastructure contributes to separating them but i don't think it's the only reason for it
03:07all right so chahi and aaron are now finding a suitable spot where they can leave the chicks of the
03:14white breasted water hand however it's kind of a tricky situation as you can see that there are drains
03:20everywhere as much as they want to reunite the chicks with their mom they don't want to leave it in a
03:25situation where the same thing happens again come on man go back to your mom
03:41two two out two out there's one more there's one more the last one's out the last one's out and it's
03:54coming the lengths that they are willing to go to to save a single life is really amazing
04:02would you guys there still go down the drain like that with spiders this big
04:12almost all the cases we attended to involved offspring separated from their parents
04:18so if you encounter such a situation what should you do
04:22the first thing people should do is take a photo take note of where they are take note of the
04:30surroundings and then call us and we will advise you never bring back the animal home
04:37there's been countless situations where you know we have people want want to help the animal but end up
04:43doing the wrong things they bring them back we feed the wrong food they give water wrongly which may not
04:49kill and choke the bird so our priority is always to reunite the baby animals with the parents
04:56it can be easily done if we have all the right information
05:01so black-nipped oreos they're native to singapore and they're one of the birds that acres rescues a lot
05:07these fellas they were actually taken in by people kept for months and then surrendered to us
05:16that becomes a problem because when people keep them they will get imprinted so they lose the
05:21instinct to survive in the wild and on top of that these particular oreos then their wings were
05:27clipped as well so probably the people did that so that they won't fly away which is an extremely cruel
05:33thing to do to a bird especially a wild bird so everything that i just told you is completely illegal
05:39so it's a question we are monitoring whether the wings will grow back it takes a long time
05:44we have done this before sometimes it takes up to a year and while doing that we are changing back
05:48the diet we're giving more local diets uh local fruits whatever we can find so that when and if
05:54they can be released they have a better chance of surviving in the wild
06:00it seems that there's still a lot that we can learn about how to live with wildlife
06:05so i want to hear from a wildlife educator on how we can all do our part
06:09so as a wildlife educator what are some misconceptions or misinformation that you think
06:18Singaporeans have i think one is that Singapore does not have wildlife
06:25in fact we actually have a lot of wildlife the common species that people can encounter would be like
06:30the long-tailed macaques monitor lizards and sometimes even to the smaller animals like the insects
06:36come on come out yeah so this is a carpenter bee they are important pollinators oh okay
06:43oh i think i got that
06:47sometimes we feed wild animals is there anything wrong with that first of all in Singapore it is illegal to
06:55feed wildlife and the problem with feeding them is that we may actually alter their natural behavior or
07:01feeding habits in fact these animals have enough food and they can find food in the nature spaces
07:07and also the food that we feed them with may not be suitable for them and that would also increase
07:14human wildlife conflicts okay and some people are not comfortable with animals coming very close to
07:19them i see yeah and that's definitely an issue yeah that's a booboo i think is that a booboo James yeah it looks
07:27like it so since we are sharing this island how can we be better neighbors to our wildlife firstly you know
07:35understand in densely populated Singapore we will definitely encounter wildlife one way or another but more
07:40importantly it's also to know what we are looking at what kind of animals and how they behave okay with that
07:46knowledge we will then be able to make more informed decisions so raf have you heard of this
07:53initiative called our wild neighbors no not really actually so our neighbors is a joint initiative by
07:58multiple stakeholders which manda is part of as well and it aims to raise awareness about wildlife
08:05coexistence and we do have a carnival coming up would you like to join us am i invited definitely all right
08:11let's go let's go so our wild neighbors is having a carnival here at heartbeat at bedok they're giving
08:19me a crash course last week but today i'm here to help them out with their carnival so let's go
08:26if you see someone selling uh wildlife on instagram right most of the time is illegal so the moment
08:32that you see things like this right number one is report the post so this is an example of illegal wildlife
08:39trade it's a lot of work trying to educate the public about living together with nature
08:49but it's crucial then they will start to not be able to find food snake will not disturb you if you
08:55never disturb snake if you play your part to clean the oceans the oceans will get cleaner again yes over
09:02the last 200 years an estimated 37 percent of local species have gone extinct some from poaching others
09:10from habitat loss due to human activity
09:19however one critically endangered species has a stronghold here and my goal today is to photograph it
09:26so keita meijin what are we here for we're here to look for the straw-headed boobuls and i believe
09:35that this is something that you guys are researching a lot about so could you please tell me more about
09:41the straw-headed booboo this is a critically endangered species it is estimated that there are slightly less
09:46than 2 000 of them um in the world right now today it's the biggest booboo in the world and it's got this
09:53crazy very melodious song that hopefully you'll get to hear today and the reason why it is critically
09:59endangered is especially because of this song so right now the straw-headed booboo is best found in
10:04singapore we estimate that there are maybe about 600 of them in the country right now
10:12over here in singapore there are very strong regulations very strong enforcement and this makes
10:16it very difficult for people to poach them and this safe haven that singapore has has allowed the birds to
10:21thrive and because of that this is the best place to see them so what we found out is that the
10:29straw-headed boobos have a main territory that they usually tend to keep to and a very large foraging
10:37range this also has conservation implications because it means that when we're picking forests to
10:44preserve and conserve it's not enough to just keep those patches where those main territories are
10:50you'll need to preserve a much larger space that includes the foraging range and all of that
10:56i did see hear that call i do is that the straw-headed booboo that is the straw-headed booboo
11:05what you're hearing right now is actually two birds so yes that's a pair of them they have this really
11:11really coordinated duet you can't tell which bird is actually singing their songs are that tightly
11:19interwoven
11:29oh
11:32morning
11:35started
11:35oh
11:39oh yeah have you seen it that's that very bright oh yeah and there's a pair of branches that stick down
11:45like that yeah oh they're beautiful
11:51all right guys so kita and meijin has just identified that they are two yeah and the both of them are just
11:56flying right now
12:05up there yeah they're right at the top oh
12:10nevermind no
12:15there there there there there i see
12:22so this right here
12:24as you guys can see is a straw-headed booboo
12:29and this is a partner
12:33really beautiful birds
12:43what a beautiful misty morning
12:45i'm very sure it must be really really rewarding to do research about the straw-headed booboo and
12:55even come out here to listen to their songs
12:58oh yeah it's been such a rewarding project so far really really special we've learned a lot
13:02but the field work and a lot of the project work that has been going on has been so difficult
13:07also you really wouldn't have impossible without the support of so many people so our project has
13:11been supported by moe it's also been supported by the singapore conservation impact grant by mandan
13:16nature okay and of course um the profs that we're working with so professor rind and professor chisholm
13:22from when he rest as well as um the people from the national park sport that's been supporting us
13:26and also from the bird society of singapore that we work with
13:35throughout this series i've come across so many animals that make singapore their home
13:41due to our limited land space we have a unique approach to conservation and it's a careful
13:47balance of urban development and preserving natural habitats to ensure wildlife can continue
13:52to thrive among us the straw-headed booboo is a reminder that even in a concrete jungle like singapore
13:59vulnerable species can still find refuge here
14:29on the source of human rights is a treasure so that he can do that being such a person
14:30in the history of the world and how to operate with other people as well so i appreciate you
14:33so thank you
14:35so
14:36you
14:37so
14:38thanks
14:39thanks
14:41thanks
14:41thanks
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