00:00There are reports of various incidents of unintentional drowning of children,
00:05which are even more dangerous to children.
00:09Can you help me?
00:10That's why this video of a child who was drowned by a thing.
00:15It hurts!
00:16It's not surprising that it has 7.2 million views already.
00:20But what was it that drowned him so badly?
00:23Can you help me?
00:24I'm going there.
00:27Dad, I can't swim.
00:31Drink some water.
00:32The poor child was actually drowned by a bubble gum.
00:35What happened to him?
00:38How about now?
00:39Do you need to go to the doctor?
00:47How do you know what you're eating?
00:53Soaked?
00:54Squeezed?
00:56And even kicked?
00:58I'm going to miss home.
01:00In this video of 21 million views,
01:02I showed how a food is prepared in the province.
01:07Food is prepared in the middle of the forest.
01:09In the middle of the rainforest.
01:11And the way they use it is very primitive.
01:13But they have learned it for hundreds of years.
01:15Trial and error.
01:18The people in the comment section seem curious.
01:20What is this?
01:22But what we learned is that
01:23the root crop in the video needs to be prepared
01:26before eating.
01:27Because there is still a risk.
01:30You won't be able to breathe.
01:31The mouth of the person who ate it will just bubble.
01:35Then the breathing will stop.
01:45In Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro,
01:46where this video was filmed,
01:49do you know what root crop this is?
01:51For us, sir, it's called Namok.
01:53In Bicol, Namok.
01:55Namok and Namik?
01:56Namak.
01:57In Bicol and Namik?
01:58Namik.
01:59And do you know how to prepare Namik?
02:00Yes, sir.
02:01Is it delicious?
02:02It's delicious, sir.
02:03We cook it with coconut milk.
02:04You cook it with coconut milk?
02:05Yes.
02:06But you know, right?
02:07When Namik is cooked and prepared,
02:08it tastes good.
02:09Yes, sir.
02:10Do you know how to cook Namik?
02:11No, sir.
02:12We know how to cook it there
02:13because my grandfather is from Catugubo.
02:16Namik has a tuber or specialized storage stem
02:19that goes under the soil
02:21where its nutrients are stored.
02:23Namik is poisonous when eaten raw
02:26because of saponins,
02:27a group of organic compounds
02:29that have a bitter taste and smell.
02:31It has cyanogenic compounds
02:33that if eaten by humans,
02:35can cause cyanide poisoning.
02:37If it's cyanide,
02:38the breathing will stop.
02:40That's why it's deadly.
02:41You won't be able to breathe.
02:43Sometimes, you won't be able to breathe
02:44because there's no oxygen.
02:45You won't be able to breathe.
02:46You won't be able to breathe
02:47because there's no oxygen.
02:48You won't be able to breathe
02:49because there's no oxygen.
02:50You won't be able to breathe
02:51because there's no oxygen.
02:52That's why it's deadly.
02:53That's why it's deadly.
02:55We met the video uploader, Romaline.
02:58On her Facebook page, Romaline Vlogs,
03:01she lives in the province
03:03and lives with her fellow villagers.
03:05We learned how to eat Namik or carrots
03:08because we live in a field near the mountains.
03:12When we were young,
03:13when we were young,
03:14this is what we used to eat
03:16because we used to run out of rice.
03:20They know that Namik can be poisonous.
03:23There is a correct way to prepare
03:25root crops like this.
03:27Don't just look at it.
03:29Try it.
03:38Kamangha-mangha and kahangha-hangha.
03:40Kamangha-mangha,
03:41shared and communicated
03:42in the interest of the online universe.
03:44But why are these videos still viral?
03:46Join me in learning the stories
03:48behind these viral videos
03:50and trending topics
03:51here at
03:55And it should be you too.
03:57In this video,
03:58it got 5.8 million views.
03:59You can see a crying child
04:01and a red mouthed lion.
04:02What did you eat?
04:03It looks like he ate a lot of pork rinds.
04:05It's painful.
04:07It's painful.
04:08And he even drowned.
04:09It's painful.
04:10It's painful.
04:11It's painful.
04:15A huge shark
04:16that was almost as big as a boat
04:18was caught in this viral video
04:20and got 1.8 million views.
04:22But what kind of shark is this?
04:24And why does it look like
04:25it wants to swim
04:26in the lower part of the sea?
04:28We saw it.
04:29It's a big shark.
04:31It's as big as a boat.
04:34In this video
04:35that got 21 million views,
04:36I showed how to feed
04:38fruit root or root crop
04:40that is called nami or carrot
04:42before cooking and eating it.
04:44It needs to squeeze its juice well
04:46because it can be poisoned.
04:48It has cyanogenic compounds
04:50that when eaten by humans,
04:52can cause thyroid poisoning.
04:54You can't breathe anymore.
04:55The mouth of the person who ate it
04:57will just bubble
04:58if it's wrong.
04:59Then the breathing will stop.
05:01They know
05:02that nami can be poisoned.
05:05That's why they do
05:06a thorough process
05:07before eating it.
05:09They start by slicing it thinly.
05:11There are holes
05:13and plastic
05:14with water
05:16so that it can be soaked
05:18for three days.
05:20And we'll put
05:22a piece of wood
05:24so that the juice of the nami will come out
05:26and the poisoned juice will come out.
05:31After three days,
05:33they'll put it in a sack or net.
05:37They'll put it in rubbing water
05:41and they'll tap it
05:43so that the juice will come out.
05:50They'll repeat the process
05:52until the water is clear
05:54that they're soaking.
05:56They'll put it in a sack
05:57so that it can be washed.
06:01After one day
06:03and one night,
06:05they'll take it out
06:07and we can cook it
06:09and eat it.
06:12It usually takes
06:13three days
06:14to peel it
06:15before cooking it.
06:18Now,
06:19we'll stick it
06:20around the pot
06:21so that it can be cooked.
06:24That's why we put it here
06:26on the side
06:27so that it won't burn
06:29and cook evenly.
06:35And then,
06:36we'll put it on the fire
06:37until it turns yellow.
06:40Let's eat!
06:49Delicious!
06:53This has been learned
06:54by many generations.
06:56It's been done for hundreds of years.
06:58If we're not sure
06:59how to prepare a meal,
07:01let's just avoid it.
07:02We might die
07:03or get poisoned.
07:04There are also studies
07:05published in the
07:06Biomed Central Journal
07:08that prove
07:09that the process of
07:10slicing,
07:12peeling,
07:14squeezing,
07:15and drying
07:17and steaming nami
07:18is the right way
07:19to remove
07:20the serogenic compounds
07:21of nami.
07:23There is a correct way
07:24to prepare
07:25root crops
07:26like this.
07:28So,
07:29if you don't know how,
07:31don't try.
07:32Ask around
07:33or make sure
07:34you know
07:35how to prepare it.
07:36Don't just
07:37look at it.
07:38Just try it.
07:39Do you eat
07:40cassava cake?
07:41Do you know
07:42that root crop cassava
07:43or kamoting kahoy
07:44is like nami.
07:45And if it's eaten raw
07:46or undercooked,
07:47it can be poisonous.
07:49There are cyanogenic glycosides
07:51that become cyanide
07:52when it melts in the body.
07:54But because kamoting kahoy
07:55is part of
07:56our long history
07:58as Filipinos,
07:59it has been learned
08:00by previous generations
08:01how to save it
08:02and prepare it.
08:04And now,
08:05this is one of the
08:06popular Filipino breakfasts.
08:07Let's go eat!
08:11For our children,
08:13cream!
08:14We can see
08:15that the boat is big.
08:18The boat is big.
08:21Why is there so much
08:22pork liver?
08:23It's painful.
08:24It's painful.
08:25And it's drowning.
08:27No,
08:28I don't want it.
08:32I don't want it.
08:39What if on your beach trip,
08:46this is what you'll find?
08:53I have a question for you.
08:54Do you like going to the beach?
08:55I don't know.
08:56For example,
08:57you're swimming at the beach
08:58and you suddenly see this.
08:59What will you do?
09:03I'll run.
09:04Run?
09:05On the beach?
09:06I don't remember.
09:07What do you want to do in life?
09:09I want to be successful
09:11with my career.
09:13Do you know how to swim?
09:15Yes, I do.
09:16What's the deadliest animal
09:17on the beach?
09:19Shark.
09:20You go home
09:21and you see this.
09:24What will you do?
09:25I'll probably go far.
09:26How will you go far?
09:27I mean, close to you?
09:30I'll just pray
09:31that it won't bite me.
09:36In this video
09:37that has 1.9 million views
09:39and was uploaded by Arnold,
09:41you'll see their ship
09:42in Barangay Pandan,
09:43Rial, Quezon.
09:45There's a big surprise
09:46that will visit you.
09:50It's huge.
09:51I've never seen
09:52such a huge ship.
09:53It's huge.
09:54It's scary.
09:55It's huge.
09:56The ship is huge.
09:57Even though great white sharks
09:58or white sharks
09:59can be seen
10:00in cold waters
10:01in Australia,
10:02it's possible that
10:03there's also one here.
10:04It's not a shark
10:05from Australia
10:06but there's one here.
10:07It's a cold water shark.
10:09It might be sick
10:10or it might die.
10:11There's a point.
10:12A lot of beached animals,
10:14especially whales
10:15and sea mammals,
10:18when they're seen
10:19on the beach,
10:20it means that
10:21it's sick
10:22and it's about to die.
10:23There's a shark
10:24that's as big as a boat.
10:25There's a boat
10:26that's as big as a shark.
10:27It's a philosopher.
10:28It's kind, boss.
10:30It can be kind
10:31or it can't be kind.
10:32It depends.
10:35We asked a wild animal expert
10:37about the video
10:39to find out
10:40if it's really a shark.
10:42The video
10:43shows that it's big.
10:44Basically,
10:45it's so big
10:46compared to
10:47the regular sharks
10:48that I've seen.
10:49Its underbelly
10:50is white
10:52and its back
10:53is grayish
10:54unlike
10:55the great white.
10:56Great white sharks
10:57are considered
10:58the world's largest
10:59predatory fish.
11:00They can grow up
11:01to 6 meters
11:02and they can be
11:03as big as a bus
11:05and they can weigh
11:06up to 2,000 kilos.
11:08Their teeth
11:09are around 300.
11:10You know a lot,
11:11Kim.
11:12And I hope
11:13you do too.
11:14And if there's a chance,
11:15it's dangerous
11:16for people
11:17to be this close
11:18to a shark.
11:20It depends on
11:21the person
11:22if they panic
11:23or react
11:24to the situation
11:26because
11:27sharks
11:28would sense
11:29that they have
11:30an ampullae of
11:31larynx in their
11:32snout
11:33and they have
11:34a natural line
11:35that detects
11:36vibrations.
11:37So,
11:38if they detect
11:39that they're
11:40on the panic mode,
11:41they might attack.
11:44But why does
11:45the white shark
11:46seem to be
11:47stuck on a cliff?
11:50It was really
11:51swallowed
11:52by the people
11:53of the barangay.
11:56Oh!
11:57It's huge!
11:58What happens
11:59when sharks
12:00meet people?
12:01The shark
12:02that was lost
12:03to Arnold
12:04also died
12:05the day
12:06he was found
12:07by people.
12:09Avoid
12:10dynamite fishing
12:11or blast fishing
12:12because
12:13it's bad
12:14for the sea creatures.
12:16Use the traditional
12:17fishing.
12:18If you're
12:19swimming
12:20and there are
12:21sharks around you,
12:22as much as possible
12:23stay calm.
12:24Swim
12:25as natural
12:26away.
12:27Sometimes,
12:28they venture
12:29not only
12:30in the deep
12:31but even
12:32near the shore.
12:33And of course,
12:34don't kill them
12:35because
12:36they're
12:37very few.
12:40In this kind of situation,
12:41it's important
12:42to fight
12:43for the animals
12:44to be taken
12:45care of.
12:49You know a lot,
12:50Kim!
12:51You know a lot,
12:52Kim!
12:53You know a lot,
12:54too!
12:55You seem to have
12:56a lot of bubble gum.
12:57It hurts!
12:58It hurts
12:59and he's drowning!
13:01I don't want to!
13:11The news
13:12contained different
13:13incidents of
13:14unintentional
13:15drowning.
13:16Which is more
13:17dangerous
13:18for the children.
13:20Help me!
13:21That's why
13:22a child who was swallowed by a thing.
13:25It hurts!
13:27It hurts?
13:28It didn't take long for it to reach 7.2 million views.
13:31But what was it that he swallowed that was so dangerous?
13:34What did you swallow?
13:35Bubble gum.
13:37Dad, I'm not a kid anymore.
13:41Did you drink water?
13:42The poor kid was swallowed by bubble gum.
13:45What happened to him?
13:47What now? Do you need to go to the doctor?
13:53Here in San Rafael, Iloilo, we met Hans who uploaded a viral video.
14:00I'm Kay Kay's uncle.
14:02And I'm the one he talked to in the video.
14:05Because all's W, parents.
14:07Kay Kay is a mother of a grandmother and her four-year-old uncle.
14:11I took care of Kay Kay for one year and nine months.
14:15As a grandmother, I love my grandson very much.
14:19She's happy, naughty, and loves to eat Kay Kay.
14:24But the naughty kid...
14:26It hurts!
14:28And the pain was replaced by crying in the video.
14:31Kay Kay went with her grandfather to the store,
14:36and Kay Kay bought bubble gum.
14:39When we got home, Kay Kay suddenly started crying.
14:43What did you swallow?
14:44Bubble gum.
14:46Bubble gum is not the first accident that a child swallowed.
14:50Sometimes, she swallowed a watermelon seed.
14:53Kay Kay shouldn't have swallowed a watermelon seed.
14:57It doesn't grow or bear fruit inside.
15:00Our grandmothers said the same thing.
15:02But bubble gum is bigger than a watermelon seed and doesn't melt.
15:06Is it safe when a person swallows it?
15:09A few months ago, Kay Kay swallowed her favorite bubble gum,
15:13which was filmed by Hans.
15:16What did you eat?
15:18Did you eat rice?
15:20Did you drink water?
15:23You look like you swallowed it.
15:26You can see in the video that Kay Kay is saying
15:29that she ate rice to make bubble gum.
15:32Be careful, this may lead to anxiety to him.
15:35I don't know if this content is helpful or good.
15:38That's right.
15:40The innocent is really cute, baby boy.
15:41You know a lot, brother Kim.
15:44Bubble gum contains four main ingredients.
15:47Gum base, sweeteners, flavoring agents, and food color.
15:52One of the well-known materials used in gum base is polysorbutene.
15:57It is a rubbery material that is also used to make inner tubes or interiors.
16:01It is mixed with plasticizers and other food-grade materials
16:05that gives a chewy feel when chewed and the reason why it doesn't melt.
16:10You look like you swallowed it, brother Kim.
16:15Did you know that gum is one of the oldest confections in the world?
16:18It was the first civilization to have it.
16:21The first gum was made from the sap of the Podillia tree
16:24that was swallowed by our ancestors.
16:26It hurts.
16:28Let's go back to Kay Kay.
16:30How is she now?
16:33For now, Kay Kay is okay.
16:36Kay Kay is okay.
16:38But we haven't seen her eating bubble gum.
16:43Because I don't want to die.
16:51If we step on bubble gum, it's hard to remove, right?
16:56If it's inside our body, will it still stick?
16:59Bubble gum is safe to eat.
17:02Just don't eat too much.
17:03It can block our intestines.
17:07That's dangerous.
17:09But if you eat a piece, it will just get dirty.
17:11Because it won't melt when we chew it.
17:13Other things should be taken care of.
17:16Especially the bars or disc batteries.
17:19Those are dangerous.
17:21Experts advise that in situations like this,
17:23children should be more careful in handling.
17:26Do you want me to get you a doctor?
17:28No, it's not painful.
17:30It's not painful.
17:32There will be ages when they will believe
17:35what we are saying.
17:37Especially when it comes to their parents or guardians,
17:41they might have nightmares.
17:43Or even as a grown-up,
17:47they might be afraid of this.
17:50You can't eat candy anymore.
17:53You can't eat bubble gum anymore.
17:56Perhaps be more supportive and consoling
17:58rather than scaring the child.
18:01Kaikai and his family members
18:04will be more alert now.
18:06Let's encourage these people
18:09so that children will be more informed
18:11and won't be trapped in the maze of fear and anxiety.
18:15You have a lot of knowledge, brother Kim.
18:18You have a lot of knowledge, brother Kim.
18:20And hopefully, you too.
18:22Do you have viral worthy stories?
18:24Just follow our Facebook page,
18:25and share your videos there.
18:27Who knows, next week,
18:29you will be the one to talk.
18:31Until next time,
18:33let's learn stories and lessons
18:35behind the viral videos here at
18:37You have a lot of knowledge, brother Kim.
18:39And hopefully, you too.
18:55You have a lot of knowledge, brother Kim.
18:57And hopefully, you too.
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