The mud not only keeps the buffalos cool; it also protects them from insects. There is also a symbiotic relationship between the carabao and another creature, the heron. Symbiotic means that both aninals benefit in some way from the relationship they share. In this case, the carabao provides food (ticks) for the heron, and the heron keeps the carabao free of ticks.
Carabaos are sometimes overworked by farmer,s leading these animals to a state of exhaustion. The buffalo are also given to slaughterhouses for their meat. However, the Filipino carabaos are very important to farming, allowing farmers to manage effectively large fields, so that country doesn't lose these valuable areas back to nature.
