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Revision as of 04:21, 6 November 2005
- Carabao is also a small island in Manila Bay in the Philippines.
The carabao (kalabaw in Filipino) is a domesticated type of water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis or sometimes bubalus carabanesis) found in the Philippines. Carabaos are highly associated with farmers, being the farm animal of choice for pulling the plow and the cart used to haul farm produce to the market.
Carabaos are indigenous to Southeast Asia; as waves of migration into the Philippines occurred, the carabao were captured and domesticated. Before about 1925, a carabao cost 50 pesos (at the time, $25).
The carabao is considered as a national symbol of the Philippines.
Also, the mascot of the Philippine Daily Inquirer is Guyito, a carabao.