00:00Despite their small bodies and differences,
00:09they don't get tired of moving to maintain the balance of nature.
00:14It's really amazing.
00:16There! There! Look!
00:23This is my first time to see hippodas.
00:26We can assess that his left eye is functional.
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00:46In the world of insects,
00:48small,
00:52colorful,
00:55and really amazing,
00:59it's amazing how they can change colors,
01:03fight,
01:06eat,
01:08and live.
01:17In this plant, a caterpillar is growing.
01:22It prepares itself to look for food.
01:27It caught and ate up to one insect.
01:35Its lunch is now sold.
01:40Because of its unique eyes,
01:42which has four pairs,
01:44it can easily see its food.
01:47But did you know that it has another hidden ability?
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02:00We went to Makhiling Mountain,
02:02where you can find different kinds of insects
02:05with different abilities,
02:07such as hippos that can jump.
02:13I'm with entomologist Dr. Dave General,
02:15an expert when it comes to studying insects
02:21and looking for hippos.
02:27This one is huge.
02:29This spider is the length of a grasshopper.
02:33Why is it like that, sir?
02:35Actually, it's not a spider.
02:37It's spider-related,
02:39but it doesn't have a venom branch.
02:42But it's also a predator.
02:44It's also a predator.
02:45It's called Opiliones.
02:47Opiliones.
02:48Opiliones.
02:49What is its diet usually?
02:52Smaller insects.
02:53Insects.
02:54It's also a predator.
02:55That's why it has a long neck,
02:57so it's far from the prey.
02:59It can't kick or bite the prey.
03:02So it has a safety net.
03:05But it's a very effective predator
03:07because when it catches the prey item,
03:10it can't escape.
03:11It has eight legs wrapped around its neck.
03:14Eight legs.
03:15But it's not a spider.
03:17It's not a spider.
03:18Opiliones are also called Daddy Long Legs
03:22because of their extraordinary length
03:25of more than two centimeters.
03:30We continued our search.
03:34Later on,
03:36we noticed something moving in the plant.
03:40A jumping spider.
03:43Here.
03:44It came out of the leaf
03:47that it's holding.
03:50And it's as if it's preparing to jump.
03:53Let's wait for it to jump.
03:56Jumping spiders can jump
03:59up to 40 times their body length.
04:02Their eyes are the partner of their eyes
04:06for a more accurate jump.
04:09Jumping Spiders
04:17Jumping spiders don't know much
04:20but they don't use their legs when jumping.
04:24Because their legs are small.
04:26They don't have muscles.
04:28What they use is liquid pressure.
04:31The pressure of their blood
04:33is pressed with muscles in the cephalothorax
04:37and abdomen.
04:38If they squeeze that fluid,
04:40their legs will bend.
04:44What we can see on the outside
04:46is the bending of the legs.
04:47That's how they jump.
04:49Here it is, sir.
04:50It's about to jump.
04:51There.
04:52It jumped.
04:53You can see it.
04:54Jumping Spiders
05:03There are fighters on the tree of the cephalothorax.
05:07As the sun rises,
05:09the insects start to work on the tree.
05:14The weaver ants are busy with their work.
05:20Aside from the insects,
05:22the weaver ants also feed on its pupae.
05:26They make it look like it's going to get in the way.
05:32On the same tree,
05:33there's a cockroach.
05:38A stick insect.
05:42It's long and has six legs.
05:44It also has a clip
05:46that is used for crawling and climbing trees.
05:52Because it's so long,
05:53it can move around
05:55even on a high branch.
06:01In search of food,
06:02it meets the stick insect.
06:07Suddenly,
06:09using its legs,
06:11it grabs the stick insect.
06:18It's like it's trying to drop it.
06:23But the stick insect chose to retreat
06:27because it's still looking for food.
06:34Meanwhile,
06:35this stick insect has two legs.
06:39Maybe,
06:40it got it by fighting
06:42or escaping from predators or enemies.
06:46But today,
06:47it has a new challenge.
06:50It went to the wrong place.
06:52It's the place of the weaver ants.
06:56The stick insect was chased by the weaver ants.
07:01To be honest,
07:02stick insects are a hundred times bigger
07:05compared to cockroaches.
07:06But no matter how big the stick insects are,
07:10they still have no chance
07:12when cockroaches like this
07:14attack together
07:16against a stick insect.
07:19But because of its perseverance,
07:21even though it has legs,
07:22it still manages to get food.
07:25Herbivores are stick insects,
07:27so they eat leaves.
07:31There are two stick insects
07:32in this tree.
07:34Let's measure their length.
07:36First,
07:37it's around
07:409 inches long.
07:43The other one
07:45is 8 inches long.
07:49There are also stick insects
07:51that mimic the color
07:53and movement of the trunk of the tree.
07:56You won't notice right away
07:57that there are stick insects in the tree.
08:00Their color is usually green and brown,
08:04but they can blend in
08:06to the environment
08:07or to the trunk of the tree
08:08that they're holding.
08:09Like this one,
08:11you can see the white patches
08:13on the dorsal part
08:15of its abdomen and thorax.
08:17It blends in with the discoloration of the tree.
08:19Just like this one.
08:21So if it's far away,
08:22it's really hard to notice
08:24and detect
08:25their predators,
08:26like the birds.
08:29But it's a different story
08:30when it goes to other territories,
08:33like the head of this stick insect.
08:41It got a lot of bites.
08:48In spite of their small bodies
08:50and differences,
08:52they don't get tired of moving
08:54to maintain the balance of the environment.
08:57Their every move
09:01will show the importance
09:03of these insects
09:04in the world we live in.
09:08These are the hidden treasures
09:10of the insects.
09:12These are the hidden treasures
09:14of the insects.
09:23Every time I see a king bird,
09:26I can't help but look
09:28into its eyes.
09:30Speechless.
09:32I'm just touching it.
09:34It's so exciting.
09:36I can see its head.
09:38And definitely,
09:39it's a Philippine eagle.
09:41It's so gorgeous.
09:47But the situation of the eagle
09:49is different now.
09:53Its eyes are blurred
09:55and almost gone.
09:58It's a Philippine eagle.
10:12Silipadas is a male eagle
10:14that is assisted
10:16by the Philippine Eagle Foundation
10:18or PEF.
10:20And you can see
10:22that it's in a secluded area.
10:25There are traps blocking it
10:27because this silipadas
10:29is wild.
10:31It's important to put
10:33the silipadas in a quarantine facility
10:35to make sure
10:37that it doesn't get infected.
10:40This is my first time
10:42to see a silipadas.
10:44We assessed that
10:46its left eye is functional.
10:48But the affected eye,
10:50which is the right eye,
10:52the surrounding eyelids
10:54looks like it's clear.
10:56There are no discharges in its eyes.
11:01In 2022,
11:03we saw a silipadas
11:05in a nesting site.
11:10There is already
11:12a marked injury
11:14on the right eye.
11:16It can't see its surroundings.
11:18That's why it keeps
11:20moving
11:22and rotating
11:24its head.
11:28Silipadas makes a sound
11:30that looks like
11:32it's looking for food.
11:34It's looking for food.
11:42Because its eyes are clear,
11:44it's hard for a silipadas
11:46to look for food in the wild.
11:50If it can't eat,
11:52it's likely to die.
11:57There are no discharges
11:59or other foreign body
12:01that can be seen in its eyes.
12:05That's why it's important
12:07to think about the cause of its blindness.
12:14The PEF was formed
12:16by a group of experts
12:18who look at silipadas.
12:20We have with us
12:22a wildlife veterinarian,
12:24Dr. Bayani Vandenbroek,
12:26and an ophthalmologist,
12:28Dr. Janine Villano.
12:35Okay, so...
12:37Let's go inside
12:39the enclosure of the silipadas.
12:41When they go inside,
12:43we need to turn off the lights.
12:45As soon as we catch them,
12:47we can turn them on.
13:00This month,
13:02a fisherman caught
13:04an accidental trap
13:06in Bohe, Tawi-Tawi.
13:08He caught
13:10the largest sea turtle
13:12in the world,
13:14the leatherback.
13:16According to the video uploader,
13:18the fisherman caught
13:20an accidental trap
13:22of a leatherback.
13:24Leatherbacks can be found
13:26in seas
13:28with high temperatures
13:30in the Philippines.
13:32They are considered
13:34critically endangered
13:36because humans
13:38collect their eggs.
13:40Leatherbacks are important
13:42because they maintain
13:44the balance of our marine ecosystem.
13:46They control
13:48the population of jellyfish
13:50or dikya in the ocean.
13:56One of its eyes
13:58has been removed.
14:00It is
14:02the silipadas.
14:08A group of experts
14:10who look at
14:12the silipadas
14:14formed a PEF.
14:16Let's go inside
14:18the enclosure of the silipadas.
14:20When they go inside,
14:22we need to turn off the lights.
14:24As soon as we catch them,
14:26we turn on the lights.
14:32Lights on.
14:34Nice.
14:36That was smooth.
14:38Guys, that was so smooth.
14:48When the heart rate of the silipadas
14:50is normal,
14:52the examination
14:54begins.
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15:16The silipadas
15:18were placed properly
15:20during the physical examination.
15:22It's time to look
15:24at its eyes.
15:26First, we removed
15:28the scabs
15:30or the eye discharge
15:32in the right eye of the silipadas.
15:36What do you call this type of
15:38condition in your term?
15:40Most of these cases are traumatic.
15:42Something might have
15:44struck that eye.
15:46We call it ruptured globe.
15:48The contents of the eye
15:50are ruptured.
15:52In the case of our eagle,
15:54the lens came out
15:56at the junction of its core
15:58and sclera,
16:00the outer coats of the eye.
16:02It's possible that the silipadas
16:04was hit by an improvised gun
16:06or slingshot in its eye.
16:10What type of maintenance
16:12would you suggest
16:14in this case?
16:16Grossly, it's not infected.
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16:21Last year,
16:23I witnessed the reintroduction
16:25of two Philippine Eagles
16:27in Leyte, Sinausuag
16:29and Cardito.
16:31This is going to be historical
16:33because this is the first time
16:35that a Philippine Eagle
16:37was reintroduced
16:39out of Mindanao area.
16:42Before they were released to the wild,
16:44the Philippine Eagle
16:46was assessed by the Philippine Eagle Foundation.
16:49The DNA analysis showed
16:51that all the Philippine Eagles
16:53from the four islands
16:55are considered one species.
16:57So that's very good for us
16:59because then we can move eagles
17:01from one island to another.
17:03The male eagle was rescued
17:05in Mount Apo
17:07in 2023.
17:09Meanwhile,
17:11in 2022,
17:13in Agusan del Sur,
17:15Carlito was reintroduced
17:17as a female eagle.
17:19Before being released to the wild,
17:21I was given a chance
17:23to examine the two eagles.
17:25Let's see
17:27their heart rate.
17:35All primary feathers
17:37are complete
17:39and none of them
17:41are damaged.
17:45The two eagles
17:47were able to return
17:49and fly freely in the mountains.
18:03But unfortunately,
18:05in August of last year,
18:07the male eagle,
18:09Uswang,
18:11was found dead
18:13on an island in Cebu.
18:15According to an investigation,
18:17it was an accident
18:19that killed Uswang.
18:21It is possible that
18:23due to the strong rain and wind,
18:25Uswang was not able to fly properly.
18:29The king eagle
18:31is a critically endangered species.
18:35According to the latest PEEF,
18:37it is estimated that
18:39400 pairs of Philippine Eagles
18:41will be released to the wild.
18:43That is how they saved
18:45the king eagles.
19:07The Philippine Eagle Foundation
19:09and other organizations
19:11are working hard
19:13to save the king eagle species.
19:21But despite this,
19:23it is still in danger
19:25due to the cruelty of humans.
19:29Hopefully,
19:31we will not be the reason
19:33for the extinction
19:35of Philippine Eagles in the wild.
19:39Thank you for watching
19:41Born to be Wild.
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19:45about our nature,
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