00:00The flying fox is very close to her mother
00:10While the little girl is still saving her strength
00:13She will hold on to her mother first
00:18But this is the last time that her mother will hug her
00:23Because of the electricity poles, many birds are unable to return to their habitat
00:40The weather in Pasinan is clear and beautiful
00:43That's why the group of flying foxes is quiet and resting on the trees
00:58Their number one weapon is a strong and durable kick to find food
01:13Some of them, even during the day, never stop flying
01:37You can hear the sounds of bats
01:43You can hear the sounds of birds in places like this
01:48That's why it's quiet, because this marsh is wide
01:54Now I can see an extensive roosting area of flying foxes
02:02Flying foxes are not ordinary
02:11They are the largest species
02:14That's why they can't be easily defeated by their predators
02:23But when they fly in the air, they have a problem to avoid
02:32The electricity poles
02:38Two of their companions were killed by us
02:43A flying fox was burned and almost unrecognizable
02:49They were electrocuted by the electricity poles
02:54This is how a paniky looks like when it's 12,000 volts
03:01It's skin is no longer visible
03:06It's really burned
03:09Their death is caused by a wide brownout in Pasinan
03:15It's always a blackout
03:19Because if there's a blackout in Isabela, we'll be affected
03:24Pasinan National Park
03:29The bats have nothing to do with this place
03:31They're just here
03:33They don't go to the electricity poles
03:37They're just here, directly to the electricity poles
03:43According to Paselco, since 2010, there has been a lot of brownouts
03:49In the 2017 round, they saw the paniky hanging from the electricity poles
03:55The insulator we use is small
04:01So we replaced it with a bigger one
04:03It's rare to have a shortage
04:07We showed the fly foxes we captured to an expert
04:12We were surprised by his revelation
04:15Is it possible that this is a new species of fly fox?
04:19I think it's the Theropocephalus
04:21It's found in Southeast Asia
04:23But it's unique in the Philippines
04:25Because it's only found in the Basilan area
04:28Basilan-Tawitawi group of islands
04:31We also suspect that probably it's not a Theropocephalus species that we know
04:36The problem is that the species is understudied
04:46There's still a lot of research to be done to confirm Sir Alloy's theory
04:51But regardless of the species, it's important to protect their species here in Basilan
04:58Especially since they have a lot of threats
05:04The battle between humans and flies in Basilan is almost over
05:09Because they're choosing this as their ally
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