PARENTHESES

“As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it, so reasonable arguments, challenges to magnanimity, and appeals to sympathy or justice, are folly when we are dealing with human crocodiles and boa-constrictors.” – William James (1842–1910)

Scientific name: homo crocodylus
Scientific name: homo boa constrictor imperator

Their various local/common names are:

Abalos, Abante, Abayon, Ablan, Abubakar, Albano, Alfelor, Almario, Alvarez (Antonio), Alvarez (Genaro), Amante, Amatong, Amin, Andaya, Antonino, Apostol, Aquino (Rey), Arbison, Arroyo (Iggy), Badelles, Banaag, Barinaga, Baterina, Bersamin, Bondoc, Bravo, Bueser, Bulut, Cabilao, Cagas, Cajes, Cari, Carlos, Carmona, Castelo-Daza, Castro, Celeste, Cerilles, Chatto, Chavez, Chungalao, Clarete, Codilla, Cua (Guillermo), Cua (Junie), Cuenco, Dadivas, Dangwa, Datumanong, De Guzman, de Venecia, Defensor (Arthur), Defensor (Matias), del Mar, Diaz, Dimaporo, Dominguez, Domogan, Duavit, Dumarpa, Dumpit, Durano, Dy (Consuelo), Dy (Faustino), Ecleo, Ermita-Buhain, Espina, Espino, Espinosa (Edgar), Espinosa (Emilio), Estrella, Falcon, Figueroa, Firmalo, Floirendo, Fua, Garcia (Albert), Garcia (Vincent), Gidaya, Gonzalez, Gozos, Gullas, Hizon, Ipong, Jala, Jalosjos-Carreon (Cecilia), Jalosjos (Cesar), Jaraula, Javier, Joaquin, Joson, Kintanar, Lacson, Lagbas, Lagman, Lapus, Libanan, Macarambon, Madamba, Magsaysay (Eulogio), Magsaysay (Ma. Milagros), Malanyaon, Mangudadatu, Marañon, Mercado, Miranda, Mitra, Nantes, Nepomuceno, Nicolas, Nieva, Nograles, Olaño, Ortega, Pablo, Pichay, Puentevella, Puno, Ramiro, Real, Remulla (Jesus Crispin), Rodriguez, Roces, Romualdo, Roquero, Salapuddin, Salceda, Sandoval, Seachon-Lanete, Silverio, Singson, Solis, Soon-Ruiz, Suarez, Sumulong, Susano, Sy-Alvarado, Syjuco, Taliño-Santos, Teodoro, Teves, Tomawis, Tulagan, Unico, Umali (Aurelio), Uy (Edwin), Valdez, Valencia, Vargas, Velarde, Veloso, Villafuerte, Villarosa, Violago, Wacnang, Zamora (Manuel), Zalcita, and Zubiri.