The body of a female dugong — an aquatic mammal also known as a seacow — has been found washed up in a remote village on Palawan. The carcass, which was 10 feet long and estimated to weigh half a ton, was discovered on a sandbar by fisherman Miguelito Tunga in Barangay Babuyan, north of… Full Story »
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Enormous saltwater crocodile captured on Tawi-Tawi Island
An enormous 17-foot saltwater crocodile was captured by fishermen on Tawi-Tawi Island this morning (Friday, September 8). The saltwater crocodile was first spotted by fishermen on Thursday afternoon. According to Ruben Balcorza, of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office of Simunul, a fisherman who saw the crocodile mistook it for a wooden log. When… Full Story »
