Bohol's "Did You Know?"

by Miko Yacaba

• Did you know that tarsier's eyes are very sensitive to the camera's flash? Their eyes are so sensitive that when flash hits the eyes, they commit suicide.

• Did you know that there are about 1,400 caves that have been identified just in the province of Bohol? One of which is the Hinagdanan Cave.

*Cabjawan Cave in Anda, Bohol

• Did you know that the chocolate hills turns brown in color during the dry season? That is why they look like chocolate mounds.

• Did you know that there are at least 1,268 individual mounds or chocolate hills scattered around Bohol?

• Did you know that the name Bohol came from the name Barrio Bo-ol, a barangay in Tagbilaran City (one of the first places visited by Magellan)?

• Did you know that Panglao Island was named after the word "mapanglao" which means lonesome place?