00:00The ocean of Linapakan
00:16Watched by their own people
00:20In this shape, it is often mistaken as a mermaid
00:24Its presence in the sea is seen by fishermen who reside on the island for more than four months
00:36Linapakan Marine Protected Area
00:47Almost four years since the declaration of the local government unit of the Linapakan Marine Protected Area as one of their islands
00:55There is a huge anemone that seems to be guarding their ocean
01:02The Duyong
01:06Duyong
01:09To unravel its mystery in their place
01:14We will explore their ocean
01:17To be able to face and catch the Duyong
01:25You can feel and see the anemone of the Duyong every morning and afternoon
01:30Watch it from the boat
01:33So we immediately flew the drone to look for the anemone
01:43It is said to be dangerous, so you have to be careful when looking for it
01:49Here it is! Oh my God!
01:54Here is the Duyong! Oh my God!
02:03What is a Duyong?
02:05It is actually a Dugong!
02:10Dugongs are herbivores, they eat grass
02:15They are an indicator of a healthy seagrass bed in the sea
02:20That is why they are also called the gardener of the sea
02:23Duyong or Dugongs in Linapakan
02:27To catch the Duyong, the underwater cameramen first
02:37Under the sea, there are several Duyong
02:42It is only here if you observe it
02:47It will go to the deep part, then it will cross to the shallow part
02:52It does not stop
02:53It does not stop
02:55I don't know what it will do
02:58The movements and behaviors of this Dugong are very different
03:12For more than 17 years in Born to be Wild
03:15We have tried many times to catch the Dugong
03:19Most of the time, we are far away and it is difficult to catch it
03:25This is so fun!
03:28This is probably the third or fourth time that I have seen a Dugong
03:34First one was in Matis, we saw several Dugongs there
03:37And then in Siaban, and then the Mother and Calf
03:41And then this one
03:42But the feeling is different when you see a living Dugong swimming
03:48In its natural habitat
03:53It is weak, it is free to live, the feeling is different
03:58I hope it will be...
04:01It is hard to catch any living Dugong
04:04Including the Dugong
04:05This is the Dugong
04:07So every time the divers come to catch it
04:10They will notice its movement
04:14Until...
04:19It passed in front of us
04:22Where is it?
04:27It is so big!
04:30It is so big!
04:32It is so big!
04:34The Dugong is looking at us
04:41It's just, she was always hanging out in the first 3 or 4 meters
04:45And the visibility wasn't the best in that section
04:49It's time for me to document the Dugongs
04:53At this time, let's try to find the Dugong
04:58Or let's check out why is it coming here
05:03Why did it come here all of a sudden?
05:08It's time for me to document the Dugongs
05:16I have a theory
05:18Because I went under the sea
05:21Here where you can see the Dugong
05:24There is no food, no grass
05:26It's all corals
05:28And the grass that grows here
05:31It's not what the Dugong eats
05:38They like this place because
05:41They don't get hurt here
05:44It feels safe to be here
05:47That's why they come here often
05:49On a regular basis
05:52And if we maintain it that way
05:54They will keep on coming
05:55In November of last year
05:58The Dugongs started to show up
06:01The Dugong that we got
06:04Has a long beak at the back
06:07We have seen it with our fellow fishermen
06:10That it has a beak at the back
06:13And our understanding is that
06:15It might pass by a small fishing boat
06:19So to protect the Dugongs
06:22A resolution was made by their barangay
06:26We prohibit small fishing boats
06:29From carrying out their career
06:31So that they won't get hurt
06:33We showed a marine biologist
06:35Dr. Lem Aragones
06:37The videos that we got
06:39Dr. Lem thought that
06:41The Dugongs come here far
06:43Because of the rope of their beak
06:45When the skin of the Dugong is cut
06:48It can be used as a predator
06:49It can be used as a predator
06:51For the skin of the Dugong
06:53So in that essence
06:55That might be the function
06:57Of why the Dugong is tied up
06:59In a pontoon
07:01But the ropes of the Dugong
07:03Are also dangerous for the Dugongs
07:05If the Dugong is trapped in the net
07:08Or in the water
07:10It won't be able to breathe
07:12And it can drown
07:14Currently, the local government
07:16Is still studying
07:17How to protect the Dugongs
07:20And how to benefit from the tourism
07:22According to Lovelin
07:24One of the local coast guards
07:26Our plan for now
07:28Is to have a floating cottage
07:31So that our barangay
07:33Can earn money
07:35For the residents
07:37It's a good idea
07:39To show the Dugongs
07:42It's a blessing
07:44That it will be considered
07:45As a tourist
07:47It's still important
07:49To do the right thing
07:51Especially
07:53If you plan to use it for tourism
07:55Because of a wrong step
07:57The Dugongs
07:59Can be thrown away
08:01Here it is!
08:03It's so big!
08:04Hey!
08:08Hey!
08:12Hey!
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