00:00There is a battle going on inside the sugar factory.
00:30They were expecting them to give more, and when that stopped, they were the ones who
00:43gave up.
00:44They were looking for food inside the house.
00:45Underwater.
00:46We are checking if there is more inside because most of the nests here seem to have been predated.
00:47Stealing territory.
00:48If it's like that, he knows that he has no chance.
00:49He is not that aggressive anymore.
01:19He is still there.
01:20She is still there.
01:21One of them is not giving up.
01:22It's huge!
01:23It's bigger than my palm.
01:24But they have a bigger enemy, us humans.
01:25For the longest time I have been diving, I have never seen anything like this underwater.
01:26It's only here in Mindanao that you find a lot of places where you can't see anything.
01:27That's why we are going to look for it.
01:28There are two tunnels.
01:29One is here.
01:30We are going to look for it.
01:31We are going to look for it.
01:32It's there.
01:33It's there!
01:34I'm going to look for it!
01:35I'm going to look for it!
01:36I'm going to look for it!
01:37It's there!
01:38I'm going to look for it!
01:39It's there!
01:40I'm going to look for it!
01:41I've been diving for a long time, but I've never seen this under the sea.
01:46It's only here in Mindanao that you can see a lot of them.
01:58This is what a panique looks like when it's hit by 12,000 volts of electricity.
02:06This place is said to be the habitat of a huge elephant that was eaten by a goat.
02:17It's not all over yet.
02:24We still have a lot to do.
02:26This basin, for more than 50 years, was under a lot of conflict and insurgencies.
02:36It's only now that they're finally coming back to life.
02:42Born to be Wild is giving it a try this November.
02:45My home is a mountain, a sea, and a valley.
02:51For the first time, the hidden beauty of Mitsulu and Basilan will be revealed.
02:57I choose freedom.
03:06To the rising world of man and life.
03:19Who is the real enemy?
03:25And who will remain strong?
03:36From Zamboanga City, our team will travel to the island of Mitsulu.
03:55Our mission is to witness a strange time in the life of the Mapawekans.
04:06Their adventure.
04:26We will visit a place known as Turtle Island.
04:36This island is not yet a common nesting site for the Mapawekans.
04:42Most of the time, in windy areas, they lay eggs.
04:49This is what they call the Turtle Sanctuary of Mitsulu.
04:55And this is where they lay their eggs.
04:57All the way to the end, this is where the Mapawekans lay their eggs.
05:03Before we witness the nesting season, we waited until nightfall.
05:09Where did this come from?
05:11It looks like an oil spill.
05:13It looks like it came from the Mapawekans.
05:23Is there any?
05:24No sir.
05:25No sir.
05:26No sir.
05:27No sir.
05:28No sir.
05:29No sir.
05:30No sir.
05:31No sir.
05:32No sir.
05:33No sir.
05:34No sir.
05:35No sir.
05:36No sir.
05:37No sir.
05:38Where?
05:39Where?
05:42It looks like they are laying eggs.
05:45We are going to patrol the shoreline.
05:55There.
05:56It's big.
05:59It went through there.
06:01We are going to dim our lights.
06:09The Mapawekans lay their eggs.
06:19When they leave the shoreline,
06:24they have to face a huge rock.
06:28They just need to find a place to lay their eggs.
06:39It's clear to this green sea turtle,
06:43that it's going to have a hard time.
07:01Even though it's hard,
07:09it doesn't stop.
07:21When the storm comes,
07:23it can't lay its eggs yet.
07:30Because it needs to clean its roots and leaves.
07:39Until,
07:42it started to dig its roots.
07:53Finally,
07:55it's able to lay its eggs.
08:08Now,
08:09it's going to leave its eggs.
08:15It's so big.
08:16It's so big.
08:18It's even bigger than my palm.
08:21Okay, bye bye.
08:25With the hope that they will be saved from the storm,
08:29the Mapawekans leave their eggs.
08:32Here, here, here.
08:35With the hope that they will be saved from the storm,
08:39and will be able to return to the sea when the time is right.
08:53The night is still long.
08:55A lot more can happen.
08:57One day,
09:00a Mapawekans mother stole our attention.
09:06She wanted to return to the sea.
09:09But,
09:10she was trapped in the rocks.
09:13Look at the struggle.
09:15The struggle that it takes to get out of the shore
09:20because this shore is rocky.
09:28We need to help her.
09:33I didn't expect the next thing to happen.
09:36Where did this come from?
09:37It looks like an oil spill.
09:39Do you have one too?
09:45It looks like it came from the Mapawekans.
09:49The body of the Mapawekans is covered with oil.
09:52According to our companions,
09:54it is possible that the oil came from machines
09:58that were thrown into the sea.
10:02Look at that.
10:04That's oil.
10:06It's a pity that we don't know what the effect is
10:09because they sometimes breathe in the shell.
10:12But if it is sealed with oil,
10:15it can affect them.
10:18We let her return to the sea.
10:21Especially that it was just a small storm.
10:24It was just a small storm.
10:36We rented the so-called Turtle Island
10:38in the province of Sulu.
10:43The sea turtle is not the only resident of the island.
10:49It is called Bibang here.
10:55He needs to look for breakfast.
11:03Until...
11:06He followed the sea turtle that he saw in the sand.
11:14He found food,
11:16sea turtles' skin.
11:24Sea Turtle
11:31On this island,
11:33I first noticed the findings.
11:39According to the residents,
11:41this is done by sea turtles.
11:47Sea turtles are eating
11:50the eggs of the sea turtles.
11:52Even though the eggs were not all in this shell,
11:57others were left behind.
12:03It is said that it is difficult and good to hide the eggs here.
12:07Until...
12:23When I caught it in the sea,
12:27I was surprised because
12:31it can swim like a turtle.
12:36It uses its tail as a propeller when swimming.
12:40When swimming,
12:51I caught the sea turtle to examine it.
13:06Sea turtles are predators.
13:08It is natural for them to catch and eat other animals.
13:13At this point,
13:15the sea turtles were chosen as their prey.
13:22This is not a fight that we should care about
13:26because the more dangerous
13:29are us humans.
13:32In the Hulusulu Wet Market,
13:35sea turtles' eggs are sold at a high price.
13:42In addition to eggs,
13:44adult sea turtles are also targeted.
13:48Because last year,
13:51in Haji Panglima Tahil,
13:5415 sea turtles died
13:58by the Philippine National Police Maritime.
14:04Sea turtles are the last ones to die.
14:08According to the Philippine National Police Maritime,
14:10the sea turtles were from other places
14:12and were caught by the Philippine National Police Maritime
14:15to be sold in neighboring countries.
14:19Sea turtles' life is like a war.
14:24Out of 1,000 hatchlings or new sea turtles,
14:27only one survives or becomes an adult.
14:35If they are lucky enough to reach the adult stage,
14:40they will face the many threats
14:44that we humans bring.
14:47There is illegal poaching.
14:50There are also many victims of propellers.
14:56While thousands die due to severe pollution in the sea.
15:02If we don't do anything now,
15:05the day will come when they will be gone forever.
15:18Flying Fox or Kabug is very close to his mother.
15:23While Panicky is saving his energy,
15:26he is very close to his mother.
15:31But this is the last time that his mother will hug his son.
15:40Because of the low electricity,
15:43many sea turtles can't go back to their home.
15:48The weather in Pasilan is clear and beautiful.
15:57That's why this group of flying foxes
16:01is quiet and resting on the trees.
16:07They are strong,
16:09but they are not afraid of anything.
16:12They are not afraid of anything.
16:15Their number one weapon
16:18is their strong legs
16:21to find food.
16:37Others,
16:39even on sunny days,
16:40never stop flying on the trees.
16:55You can hear the sounds of bats in this place.
17:00Usually, you can hear the sounds of birds in places like this.
17:05It's quiet because it's a marsh.
17:07It's a marsh.
17:10It's wide.
17:12Now, I can see this extensive
17:16roosting area of flying foxes.
17:27Flying foxes are not ordinary.
17:30They are the largest species.
17:32That's why they can't be easily defeated by their predators.
17:42But when they fly in the air,
17:45one thing is hard for them to avoid.
17:50The electricity wires.
17:56Two of their companions
17:58were killed by us.
18:00A flying fox was burned and almost unrecognizable.
18:06They were electrocuted
18:08by the wires of the electricity wires in the post office.
18:11This is what a panicked person looks like
18:14when he is hit by almost 12,000 volts of electricity.
18:19His skin is gone.
18:23It's really burned.
18:26Their death was caused by a wide brownout in the marsh.
18:32The wires are always connected to each other.
18:37Because if there is a blackout in Isabela,
18:39we will be affected.
18:46The bats have nothing to do with this place.
18:49They are just here.
18:50They don't step on the wires of the electricity.
18:56They are just here in the marsh.
19:00According to the leadership of Baselco,
19:03since 2010, there has been a lot of brownouts in the area.
19:07In 2017, they saw the panicked people
19:10hanging on the wires of the electricity.
19:13What we do is,
19:15the insulator that we use is small.
19:18So we replace it with a bigger one.
19:21The shortage is not rare.
19:24We showed the expert the picture of the flying foxes we caught.
19:29We were surprised by his revelation.
19:32It's possible that this is a new species of flying fox.
19:36I think it's the Theropus pisciosus.
19:39It's found in Southeast Asia,
19:41but it's unique in the Philippines
19:43because it's only in the Basilan area.
19:45It's only in the Basilan-Tawitawi group of islands.
19:49We also suspect that probably it's not Theropus pisciosus that we know.
19:54And the problem is that the species is understudied.
20:04There's still a lot of research to be done
20:07to confirm Sir Aloy's revelation.
20:09But regardless of the species,
20:11it's important to protect their species here in Basilan.
20:15Especially if they have a strong enemy.
20:21The battle between man and beast in Basilan
20:25is coming to an end
20:27because they are choosing this as their ally.
20:42Thank you so much for watching Born to be Wild
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