"Whale Rescue" and "Sink Hole" 1

"Whale Rescue" and "Sink Hole"

This Wednesday, Born to be Wild's resident veterinarian responds to another wildlife emergency. Doc Ferds and the team received word that a huge animal which the residents claim is a whale shark has beached on the shores of Occidental Mindoro. Wasting no time, the team set up a rescue operation and headed to Mindoro. But what they found was no whale shark -- it was in fact a huge sperm whale that was on the brink of death in the water. Exhausting all means to save the whale, Doc Ferds and a team of no less than twenty people attempt to lead it back to the ocean.

Kiko Rustia explores a newly-mapped cave in Marinduque and finds the many life forms that thrive underground. Cave mapping is an important exercise to study biodiversity in caves. Knowing what lies underground also guides human activities above-ground. Recently, news of a sink hole in Guatemala grabbed headlines. It was later raised that a probable cause was building structures on top of limestone -- a mineral of which caves are made.

In the middle of the team's cave survey, danger strikes. A cave waterfall suddenly gushes with violent water, indicating an imminent flash flood inside the cave. Kiko and the team's cave mapping adventure suddenly becomes a race to safety.

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Ngayong Miyerkules, haharap muli ang ating wildlife veterinarian sa isang rescue mission. Isang balita ang nakarating kay Doc Ferds na isang nanghihinang butanding ang nasadsad sa pampang ng Occidental Mindoro. Hindi nag-aksaya ng panahon ang Born to be Wild team. Dali-daling rumesponde ang grupo sa Mindoro upang subukang masagip ang naghihingalong hayop. Pero pagdating sa lugar, nalaman na hindi pala butanding kung hindi isang sperm whale ang dambuhala. Sinilip pati ilalim ng dagat para makita kung may pumipigil sa ilalim ng balyena at sinubukan rin ng hindi bababa sa dalawampung katao na itulak ito sa mas malalim na bahagi ng dagat.

Samantala, pinasok ni Kiko Rustia ang isang kuweba sa Marinduque at nakita kung paano namumuhay ang mga makamandag na nilalang sa loob nito. Gamit ang isang mapa, inalam pa ni Kiko ang pasikot-sikot ng lugar, at kung ano pa ang matatagpuan dito. Bahagi ito ng isang cave mapping survey. Mahalagang malaman ang kaugnayan at epekto ng mga kuweba sa ating pamumuhay sa ibabaw, at kung paano ring maaapektuhan ng mga gawain ng tao ang ecosystem sa ilalim. Matatandaang lumabas sa balita kamakailan ang pagguho ng isang "sink hole" sa Guatemala, kung saan nakatayo ang ilang istruktura sa ibabaw ng limestone na siyang mineral na bumubuo sa mga kuweba.


Pero sa patuloy na pagtuklas ng grupo sa mga tagong yaman ng kuweba, biglang natigil ito nang lumakas ang agos ng tubig mula sa talon o waterfall sa loob—isang flash flood sa loob ng kuweba ang nakaamba! Dali-daling lumabas ang grupo para matakasan ang rumaragasang tubig! Ano kaya ang kahihinatnan ng paglalakbay na ito nina Kiko?

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[madjic2k]

sea mammals tend to go ashore when they feel weak, fell like they're going to die soon or for some other reason....it's just so saaaaaaaaaad :( :( ...despite the efforts of the people of getting it back to deeper waters...hindi na kinaya and the sperm whale died. well, at least they all tried. As for Kiko in Marinduque, i totally admired the cave he went to which is richly blessed....fiercely and wonderfully made by our Creator.

hi, it's nice for you to be back and posting episodes again....