Of all the
different kinds of animals I have seen and presented by our outstanding UPLB professors whom their concern, love and
desires for animals are indeed fascinating, what my eyes caught the most upon
which I found it attractive were the bats together on where they live on here
in our motherland—the Philippines. We all know that bats are not the
eye-catching type of species and in the same way they are quite not dominating
(as we assume). Most of Filipinos undoubtedly feared them. Maybe, because for
some factors, like the sounds that they made are naturally ‘thrilling’ and
‘irritating’. But this is unexplainable to exceptionally “into” the animals
because for these people or the so-called animal-lovers, bats are regarded as
‘precious to see and wonderfully made and part of our environment. From curiosity,
they started researching about the whereabouts of bats, locating where do they
often stay? On what specific parts of our country?
I wonder, as suddenly as I was
listening about some facts on bats and their backgrounds, how much do we know
so far? This question I took seriously. How many cave bats are there? At the
back of my mind, I unconsciously questioned myself, how many people really
care? Am I one of them? I am pertaining not only to bats but all the other
animals that exist and yet only few knew. Nonetheless, aside from human beings
caring for their personal stuffs such as shopping etc, what else do really
matters to us? Are animals just a decoration in the forest, caves and
surroundings? I think not.
To BS Mathematics students like
me, we might not be the know-it-all on this perspective about our animals
around us but it will never change the reality that we also interact connect to
them. Also, there will always be a part of us that eager us to find out more,
to seek more and to search more.
Over 260 years of exploration of
Philippine wildlife—seven publications mentioned information on cave bats. At
this very moment, I just knew that there exist a museum collection—a synopsis
of mammalian fauna of Philippine Islands on cave bats of Central West Coast and
Southern Section of Northwest Panay. Additionally, amazingly, Geoffroy’s
Rousette fruit bats are the largest known colony of the species in the world.
Bats all live in a single cave—guests aren’t allowed to enter but they can peer
over bamboo railings into any of five openings where the seething masses of
sleeping fruit bats can be seen coating the cave walls. This, among other
unusual discoveries, has led to current proprietor Norma Monfort to team up
with scientific teams from all around the world to transform the 57-acre farm into
a serious foundation for the preservation of the bats.
Not only have those, bats also
dwelt in Polillo Island. They serve this island as their natural habitat but
currently most of the bats have made their home in Samal Island cave for unfold
generations. A stunning world record! This lead us to only one conclusion—that
Philippines have so much resources that most of them are benefits for everyone
if we will have the sincerity in our hearts to start caring, loving and
considering them as part of production, growth and a partner in order to
achieve a better, happy and well-communicated environment—our dwelling place.
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