Carabao / Water buffalo

Carabao are common here in the Philippines. They're often be found in farm land like rice fields. They like to dip in muddy pond. When it dry, it serves as mosquito repellent.

Filipinos see carabaos as faithful partners in life. The carabao or kalabaw is a water buffalo that is endemic in Southeast Asia. Aside from helping our farmers plow the fields, this animal is our source of transportation, milk for sweets and cooking, meat, raw materials to design furniture, coin and mascot designs, body armor, children’s songs, jokes, and expressions in the vernacular.