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Good morning and welcome to ES Patrol, live 
in Manila.

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Today, we are to witness an exclusive report 
by Kyla Kiunisala and an insightful piece 
of knowledge from our guest scientist Dr. 
Duran.

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I’m Kyla Kiunisala and today we’re at Oslob, 
Cebu, home of the famous and well-renowned 
whale-shark watching tourist attraction.

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Here you can see multiple whale-sharks interacting 
with various people, divers, feeders and 
tourists

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from around the world that have come to see 
the alluring and fascinating creatures,

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but what had happened for the whale-sharks 
to have gathered at this specific side of 
the world?

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We will come to that later.

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For now let us look at the weather forecast. 
Renzo?

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Thank you Kyla and here in today’s weather 
forecast:

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Here as you can see in the NCR that it’s 
partly cloudy with temperature reaching only 
as high as 32 degrees celsius.

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And in here at somewhere here in the Visayas 
region, temperature only reaches as high 
as 28 degrees especially in the cities and 
provinces in this region, including Cebu.

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Thank you once again and Kyla, back to you.

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Thank you Renzo, and now we’re back with 
the topic of the whale-sharks and why in 
all places in the world they would be in 
Oslob at this time of year.

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Oslob, Cebu is a small municipality in the 
southern tip of Cebu Island, Philippines.

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It encompasses 21 barangays or villages, 
including where the whale shark tourist attraction 
is based, Tan-awan.

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As the largest fish in the sea, the magnificent 
and gentle whale weighs up to 20 tons.

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Whale sharks are the biggest living fish, 
but their elusive nature makes it almost 
impossible for scientists to learn more about 
their migration patterns and reproductive 
habits.

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The whale sharks had kept appearing in Oslob 
multiple times when the seasons change, but 
they only came in small numbers and most 
if not all of them would leave after less 
than a month.

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But when a fisherman named Jerson Soriano, 
started feeding a whale shark with “uyap” 
or baby shrimps after it continuously bumped 
its snout on his bangka, more whale sharks 
came to the area after the feeding.

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Their length varies from 2 to 6 meters.

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The largest measures 9 meters.

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Whale-sharks being the creatures they are 
today have no certain migration pattern that 
they follow,

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so the recent increase in whale-sharks may 
be exciting, but it affects many of the sea 
life in the area which leads us to the question:

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Why are they here?

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Thankfully, we have an expert we can consult 
on this.

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His name is Dr. Julian Raymund Duran, a marine 
biologist and will be the one answering the 
big questions.

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So, Julian what do you think have brought 
these stunning creatures here of all places?

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There are many factors that supposedly affects 
the migration patterns of whale-sharks.

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I say ‘supposedly’ since we scientists have 
more questions than answers.

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What we do know is that these whale sharks 
are highly nomadic and they always look for 
the waters that are not to cold nor hot; 
they look for the ones that are just right.

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They also look for places filled with food 
that they can digest and eat.

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Because of these things, whale-sharks started 
to visit Oslob more since the temperature 
of the waters around are in their preferred 
range:

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26 to 30-degree Celsius.

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And the feeders there have been feeding them 
food that they can eat and digest which leads 
them to stay near the island and its waters.

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So, in the end these whale-sharks have come 
to the Oslob because of humans changing the 
environment around them,

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causing them to think they’re a constant 
source of food which makes the whale-sharks 
surround the boats and the waters around 
them.

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Thank you Dr. Duran for your insight on this 
topic, but sadly that’s all the time we have 
left.

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Thank you for coming and good morning.