Carabao with Wings! Carabasus!
By Sasha
@diosabella (4789)
April 21, 2017 2:20am CST
My nephew and I were just wandering around the University ground when we spotted the statue of a carabao with wings!
He shouted its carabasus! I didn't get it.
He said "We call the divine winged horse Pegasus so why not call that one Carabasus? ".
I'm still figuring out how teenager's brain works but I guess he got me at that one time.
A carabao is a water buffalo. Of course, they don't have wings for real. 
Here, they are commonly seen in rice paddies helping the farmers to till the land for the next planting season of rice.
Any suggestion what this creature could be called if it exist? 
Here, they are commonly seen in rice paddies helping the farmers to till the land for the next planting season of rice.
Any suggestion what this creature could be called if it exist? 11 people like this
14 responses
@diosabella (4789)
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21 Apr 17
He is. We had so much fun that day. We get to see a lot of carabao statues all over the university and this is his favorite. 1 person likes this
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
22 Apr 17
@HAPPSINGH Hi! It's just now i have the time here. The whole day was busy. We practiceds at our HS auditorium to see how we will be positioning everyone there. At 12 :00 we stopped and ate at a local Eat all You Can Restaurant..Then , we all each wentur ways. I shopped for our costume. When I came back home, i rested then , cleaned our bedroom, changed he beddings and dusted the elctric fans. It's just now, i have finished and taken a bath. Relaxing now.
@Nawsheen (28644)
• Mauritius
24 May 17
@diosabella haha yes. A pity. Is there any legends behind this flying carabao?
@HAPPSINGH good that you are a devil. You won't be able to fly else you would have tried to flirt with the angels 
@diosabella (4789)
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4 Jul 17
Maybe so. Its in front of SEARCA. An apt statue Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) because carabao is the main animal we use in farming. And maybe putting a pair of wings will make the project soar. Just my way of thinking. But then it looks magical in some way too.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
21 Apr 17
It's the first time I've seen a statue of a carabao with wings lol! I remember my grade school classmate who was actually born and Nigeria and came back in the Phil when she was 8. The first time she saw a carabao she shouted with glee and said, "A horse with a horn!"
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
24 Apr 17
@diosabella I was amazed by the albino carabao's too. They just looked so clean, unlike the normal ones.
@diosabella (4789)
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21 Apr 17
Yeah me too. And I live here all my life. 
Your classmate was funny. But then, when I was small too and I saw a white carabao (albino buffalo) and called it american carabao! All the planters laugh at me. 
Your classmate was funny. But then, when I was small too and I saw a white carabao (albino buffalo) and called it american carabao! All the planters laugh at me. @diosabella (4789)
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24 Apr 17
@toniganzon When I was little they were plenty but now I haven't seen one in a long time. I also tried riding one. But I just can't with the normal ones.
When I was little they were plenty but now I haven't seen one in a long time. I also tried riding one. But I just can't with the normal ones.1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
28 Apr 17
that is great for your nephew to term the carabao as carabasus. if ever there is a beast of burden like this, then the rice fields should be done fast-the carabao flies after all!
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
30 Apr 17
@diosabella hahaha! right. maybe the farmers also wear tight outfit with boots, with their underwear over their pants? like Superman? hahaha! then they fly!
@diosabella (4789)
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28 Apr 17
No need for expensive tractors anymore. But I wonder what the farmers would feel a mythical creature like the carabasus. 1 person likes this
@diosabella (4789)
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23 Apr 17
Yup. He's fifteen now. I'm just glad he's not so complicated.
And no. I'm not a young girl. Just young at heart. 1 person likes this
@ShifaLk (17817)
• India
24 Apr 17
@diosabella what? Really?
I guess you are younger than me.
I'm 29
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
29 Apr 17
I just knew you are Filipino because typically that animal is called water buffalo. 
I lived in the Philippines for a long time I know Filipinoism.
I lived in the Philippines for a long time I know Filipinoism. @diosabella (4789)
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29 Apr 17
So true! So if this exist any idea what to call it if your still here?
@diosabella (4789)
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22 Apr 17
I think you can suggest more apt name than mutant carabao. Don't be shy! Be creative! 
@DianneN (246710)
• United States
26 Apr 17
@diosabella So nice that he's so quick and bright! He sounds like a good beast. Lol!
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@diosabella (4789)
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27 Apr 17
@DianneN Thank you! He is a good boy and bless with good imagination too.
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@diosabella (4789)
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26 Apr 17
He is. He was so happy when he posted it in his instagram and a lot of people liked it.
I think if carabasus existed, he will be the mythical hero beast that defend the oppressed buffalos. 1 person likes this
@diosabella (4789)
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2 Jul 17
Yes thank you! His imagination was in full tank that day.1 person likes this
@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
21 Apr 17
I like the statue. I didn't know those animals were water buffalo. I thought they were cattle... I like nephew's suggestion, or buffasus :-)
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@diosabella (4789)
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22 Apr 17
My nephew said he liked your suggestion too.
Usually the water buffalo can be found dipping in the swampy part of a rice field getting themselves cool off from the hot sun.
Usually the water buffalo can be found dipping in the swampy part of a rice field getting themselves cool off from the hot sun.
