Tawi find difficult in oral communication with the local inhabitants. Many local traders can speak Malay and Indonesian languages, too. Copra is the top agricultural produce, followed by root crops, fruits and vegetables. The government has not yet officially proclaimed any area in Tawi-Tawi as a part or wildlife sanctuary but there are several places in the province which are natural zoos. Wild cattle, wild hogs and monkeys of the brown and white variety abound in the forests of mainland Tawi-Tawi.
Wild hogs come in rampaging bands of black, reddish brown, white and spotted black and white.
Gusong Reef is a top producer of the delicious trutle eggs. A verible monkey sanctuary in the principal town of Bongao. Located in Simunul. Manuk-Mangkaw or Musa. An island located slightly beyond and across the channel.