00:00Makita ko na nga itong squirrel na ito dati pa. Actually, mayroong reports na rin as early as 2007 pa.
00:05Tapos parang ngayon nga nag, may mga, ano ulit ngayon, issues, reported sightings, kaya parang makakabahala daw sa public, ganyan.
00:15Pero sige, try natin mas ipaliwanag further in an ecological standpoint din.
00:20So, yung Finlayson Squirrel, yung I think Callius Curus Finlaysonai, nasabi, according sa DNR, na-introduce daw siya likely through
00:31exotic pet trade, ganyan.
00:33Tapos nakawala, napakawala, and then hanggang siya nag-establish siya dito sa Metro Manila and other places.
00:41According naman kasi doon sa NISAP, yung meron tayo actually na parang framework or guideline for that, no?
00:52Galing din yan sa DNR.
00:55So, yung NISAP, it's the National Invasive Species Strategy and Action Plan.
00:59And itong squirrel na ito actually, na-classify na siya as being an alien invasive species.
01:05So, for a species kasi to be considered an alien invasive, we have conditions, we have parameters.
01:14Pero basically, first, it must be introduced nga.
01:18So, hindi ito yung native natural habitat niya.
01:21It was likely introduced from other parts of Asia, no?
01:27So, yeah, walang ganyan sa Pilipinas, naturally.
01:29Naroon tayong nine squirrels, pero they're in Visayas and Mindanao.
01:34Sa Luzon, wala talaga tayong squirrels.
01:36Sorry kung nag-ihyap ako, pero yeah.
01:38So, pangalawa naman.
01:39So, first, they have to be introduced nga.
01:41Yung dito yung likely na place nila.
01:42Pangalawa, yun, they have to establish.
01:46And these squirrels, they're generalist species.
01:49They can feed on a variety of food sources.
01:52So, talagang sobrang, ano nila, survivalists in a sense.
01:57So, they feed on seeds, fruits, crops, ganyan.
02:01Even bird eggs.
02:02Pero, yeah, that can be concerning pag-usapin natin later.
02:05Tapos, pangatlo, yun nga, they can thrive.
02:08So, they thrive naman kasi una-una sa lahat.
02:11Wala rin silang natural predators here.
02:13Tapos, walang other squirrels or walang other rodent that occupies the same niche na kakumpetensya nila sa mga resources.
02:20So, yeah, yun yung squirrel natin na yan.
02:26Pangalawa, ano, nakakabahala ba siya?
02:29I would say na, huwag tayo magpanik.
02:33Pero, yeah, of course, from an ecological standpoint, nakakabahala siya.
02:36Kasi, imagine, 2007 pa pala yung record niya na nakita, una nakita.
02:42Pero, noong 2002 pa lang, parang nagkaroon ng action to, parang, control its population, no?
02:49Tapos, parang, it's, ngayon, 2026 na.
02:51Tapos, parang, wala pa rin tayong clear guidelines on, parang, controlling the population of these species.
02:58So, I think, from that perspective, hindi ako a government employee and I'm only a, I'm just a boy, basically.
03:08Pero, siguro, realistic steps on what people can do is do not feed these squirrels.
03:15So, yun lang, una-una, huwag natin silang i-try to capture and parang, oh, baka pwede ko silang i
03:22-control myself.
03:23No, we should still try to control them in a very humane way possible.
03:28And, of course, signs na back pa din.
03:30Siguro, we can report to DNR, to authorities, kung may mahuli man tayo.
03:33Pero, huwag natin silang i-try hulihin kasi they can be carriers of rabies and other potential zoonotic diseases, no?
03:43So, parang, una-una silang natin silang pakainin.
03:45They might be really cute.
03:47They might be very cute.
04:17They might be very cute.
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