Rural Living

Long before, the government and private entrepreneurs introduced the Golden Kuhol to farmers as a means of livelihood and to enrich the protein source in human diet. Unfortunately, after few years of introduction, it became a major pest in the Philippines. They damage young rice seedlings, causes poor crop stand, yield losses and additional expenses to farmers.

When I was little, my father would bring me to our farm and I helped him by picking the golden kuhol one by one and fed them on ducks.

If there's another animal that humans were able to successfully domesticate, aside from the wolves, then that would be the water buffalo, locally known as the carabao. It's amazing how the farmer commands the carabao and performs according to his will. Whether the direction is going straight, left or right, the gentle creature obeys his master, faithfully.