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Jim: This is part of the
Everglades National Park
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the nation's third largest,
1.4 million acres.
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Thousands of acres of saw grass
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just minutes from the busy
city of Miami, Florida.
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I'm Jim Welch here with
Rudy Mancke, naturalist.
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Rudy, this place is
going to be tremendous
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I know, from
what you've said.
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Well, we're starting out
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in what I guess
most people
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would consider the
everglades you know,
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with the saw grass,
as you've mentioned.
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We need to look at that first.
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But there's so much
diversity here, Jim
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that I think we're
going to be surprised
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by the amount of diversity.
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And the key in this
place is water.
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That's true everywhere really.
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This is the dry season, and so
there's not a lot of water here.
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Normally, there would be
water where we're standing.
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And so to see the
greatest variety of animals,
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for instance you generally
go to watery places.
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The everglades used to be
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a lot wetter than
it is today, though.
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The water comes, you know,
from lake Okeechobee
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sort of piles up there
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and then heads
south from there
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flooding the glades.
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And now a lot of that
water's been diverted and that's
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changed the situation
here just a little bit.
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But even without
the change
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this would be the dry
season of the year.
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It's the
diversity, too.
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From just
a few minutes
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from a busy
city like Miami
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we can see white-tailed
deer and alligators
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and many, many
kinds of birds.
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The difference is that Miami
and the other eastern cities
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are on a high ridge
of limestone.
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This is a lower
area, you see.
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Limestone is being
dissolved away
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and we can see
little pits
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in the limestone
here, as...
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You know, right in front
of us as we're talking.
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And this limestone has
been dissolved away.
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It's lower, and that's
where the water goes
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and that's where you have
the greatest diversity
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of plant and animal
life in the state.
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The grass that you talked
about saw grass
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we need to say up front
is really not a grass.
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It's a sedge.
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When I was
going to school
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we used to say
"sedges have edges"
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three sides usually
to sedges--
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and that's what
separates them
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from the grasses or from
the rushes out here.
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If you look carefully at
the edge, it is a saw edge.
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It's very, very sharp
and can cut you,
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and so the common
name "saw grass".
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And it's interesting...
Today is so windy.
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A lot of times, you
think of the everglades
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as a river of grass.
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Well, the wind
blowing this grass
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really gives you the feeling
of water flowing by.
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We're just inside
the park entrance.
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There's so many
places to see
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in the
Everglades park.
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Shall we get started?
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I think we should.
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Let's go to a place
where there's more water
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and I promise you
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a greater diversity of
animals to take a look at.
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a place called
Anhinga Trail.
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[♪gentle guitar♪]
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Jim, Anhinga Trail really
attracts a lot of people
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as we've already
been able to see
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because there's
so much here
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and you can get
so close to it.
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And just with a pair
of binoculars,
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you know
like we've got
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you can even come
closer to something
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that really is probably
as close to you
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as you've ever seen
it in your life.
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A lot of birds.
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And I think that
one of the things
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that really gets
people, though, quickly
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are those things
right there
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right along the trail.
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See the brown
water snake
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coiled up there on the
limestoney material?
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Sunning a little bit.
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Again, those reptiles need
to come out of the water
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and warm up a little.
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And the day's getting warm.
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This wind, though, is kind
of rough, though, isn't it?
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It is, but such
a welcome relief
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from the hot
sun right now.
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this dry season here
in the Everglades Park.
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These reptiles
come out again
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like the alligators do
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and I can see
further along
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a nice alligator
sitting up on the bank.
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You see that guy?
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We've seen
many sizes.
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That's one of
the biggest.
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That's a good-size one
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and, of course, one of
the reptiles, again.
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The scales are
very obvious.
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And these animals need
to warm up a little.
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Now, it never really
gets cold here
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but these animals need
to warm up a little bit
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to really get started
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and he's sitting up
there, warming up.
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Eyes closed for a little
while and then opening up.
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You can really
see the eyelids
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one that comes
up and down
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and then also sort
of a transparent one
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that covers the eye
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when the alligator's
swimming.
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Look at that mouth
on that thing.
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He opened it up there.
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Kind of a yawn, I guess,
and then closing back down.
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You can see the
teeth in there.
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Again, those animals are
no great problem to people
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unless you bother them.
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And, of course, we're not
going to do any of that today.
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Rudy, you
mentioned once
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the alligator's the
keeper of the glades
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and that in
the dry season
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it will build a hole
for other creatures.
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It's extremely important to have
standing water in
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the everglades because
water levels do fluctuate.
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Anhinga Trailis
a long Taylor Slough
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which is an area
with water standing
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basically
year-round,
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okay and so that really
attracts a lot of animals
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more during
the dry season
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than during the
wetter season.
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There's one other thing
just a little ways.
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Look at the... Look
at the other snake
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over there by
the grass, Jim.
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You see that?
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Another water snake?
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Yeah, this is one
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that's called a
Florida water snake
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because it's found
basically in Florida
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and nowhere else
on the peninsula.
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And again, a
pretty good size
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and a lot of people would
think that was poisonous
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but a nonpoisonous animal
that does quite well.
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That brown water
snake a minute ago
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was nonpoisonous, too.
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There's the 26 species
of snake in the park
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and only four poisonous
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but still,
leave them alone.
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Yeah, and most of
the ones you see
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really are going
to be nonpoisonous.
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This is really kind
of a reptile day
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because I see
again turtles.
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See those little
turtles over there?
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Mm-hmm, babies.
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Yeah, just coming
out to sun.
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One of them's covered
with algae on the shell.
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The other one
looks pretty clean.
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But, again, those are
probably one of the turtles
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that usually get called
cooters down here.
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There's a peninsula
cooter that does well
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and there's also a
red-bellied turtle down here
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that is a
pond turtle
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standing water
turtle
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that does
quite well.
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What about that large
turtle over there
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the extremely big one?
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Uh, Florida
soft-shell
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would be probably
what it is.
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Very pliable
shell.
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You're going
to see...
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Probably not get a
very good look at him
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but he's
also active
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in the water
around us here.
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A couple of
plants,
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too that are worth
mentioning.
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The yellow flowers
down there
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are flowers on one of
the carnivorous plants
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called bladderwort.
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Doesn't look
like much
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but that's kind of an
interesting thing
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that's obvious.
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And then the other
yellow flower
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that really is
much larger
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and is also attached
to the plant
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with those large green leaves
is called spatterdock.
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A lot of insects
live around it
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and there are quite
a few animals
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that come to
the spatterdock
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to really get insect
life off of it.
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And I see one,
a rarer bird
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the purple
gallinule.
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See him
moving along?
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Beautiful coloration.
07:10.000 --> 07:12.000 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
Beautiful purple
on the front
07:12.000 --> 07:13.933 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
and the beak
is interesting.
07:13.933 --> 07:16.800 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
It's kind of yellow
at the tip and orange
07:16.800 --> 07:19.400 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
and then sort of
bluish on the top.
07:19.400 --> 07:20.933 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50%
And that's an animal
07:20.933 --> 07:23.000 align:left position:52.5% line:83% size:37.5%
you don't see
very commonly.
07:23.000 --> 07:25.700 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
Look at the long
toes on those feet.
07:25.700 --> 07:27.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
Extremely long toes
07:27.633 --> 07:29.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
and because of
the coloration
07:29.933 --> 07:31.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
attracts attention from
many of the tourists
07:31.933 --> 07:33.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
passing down
the boardwalk.
07:33.166 --> 07:34.833 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
Yeah, absolutely,
and look at he's...
07:34.833 --> 07:36.800 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
Again, he's letting us
get very, very close
07:36.800 --> 07:37.900 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
and that's
not something
07:37.900 --> 07:39.266 align:left position:60% line:83% size:30%
you normally
get a chance
07:39.266 --> 07:40.266 align:left position:60% line:83% size:30%
to do with
that animal.
07:40.266 --> 07:41.300 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
The long toes
allow him
07:41.300 --> 07:42.800 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
to walk on the
spatterdock leaves
07:42.800 --> 07:43.966 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
and water lily leaves
07:43.966 --> 07:45.633 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
and other, you know,
floating vegetation
07:45.633 --> 07:46.866 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
looking for
invertebrates .
07:46.866 --> 07:48.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
Is it safe to say, Rudy
07:48.033 --> 07:49.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
that the Anhinga trail,
or the boardwalk
07:49.733 --> 07:51.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
is one of the places
where you can
07:51.300 --> 07:52.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
on occasion,
get this close
07:52.500 --> 07:53.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
and maybe one of
the few places?
07:53.966 --> 07:55.233 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
Oh, yeah, sure, sure.
07:55.233 --> 07:57.166 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
And this is a special
place for bird watchers
07:57.166 --> 07:58.500 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
but, again,
we've seen things
07:58.500 --> 07:59.533 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
other than birds, too
07:59.533 --> 08:00.833 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
that make it
very interesting
08:00.833 --> 08:02.200 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
for just about
anybody.
08:02.200 --> 08:05.933 align:left position:40% line:71% size:50%
One of my favorite
little
birds, diving
birds--
08:05.933 --> 08:08.300 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
high-billed
grebe out there.
08:08.300 --> 08:10.300 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50%
Look at that thing.
08:10.300 --> 08:11.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
Many would say
that is cute.
08:11.600 --> 08:12.633 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50%
Oh, that is cute.
08:12.633 --> 08:13.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
No other word.
08:13.700 --> 08:15.200 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
It really is a
fantastic animal.
08:15.200 --> 08:16.366 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
And, again, a
great diver
08:16.366 --> 08:18.133 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
often diving fairly
deep in the water
08:18.133 --> 08:19.366 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
to gets its...
Its food.
08:19.366 --> 08:21.466 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
But look at
that little beak
08:21.466 --> 08:23.400 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
and the feathers all
ruffled up there...
08:23.400 --> 08:24.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
Can you tell,
male or female?
08:24.833 --> 08:26.000 align:left position:50% line:89% size:40%
No, not really.
08:26.000 --> 08:27.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
Coloration?
08:27.066 --> 08:28.166 align:left position:50% line:89% size:40%
No, not really.
08:28.166 --> 08:29.866 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
Some birds very
obviously different.
08:29.866 --> 08:31.933 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
Others really aren't
so clearly different.
08:31.933 --> 08:33.600 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
But that is an
interesting animal.
08:33.600 --> 08:35.266 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
And that's one of
the birds,
08:35.266 --> 08:36.533 align:left position:52.5% line:83% size:37.5%
again that does
quite well here.
08:36.533 --> 08:40.000 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
Just a little
beyond him
08:40.000 --> 08:42.033 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
look at that
great blue heron.
08:42.033 --> 08:44.766 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
Now, there's a bird
that I really like.
08:44.766 --> 08:46.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
One of the largest
you can see...
08:46.766 --> 08:48.733 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
One of the largest
wading birds.
08:48.733 --> 08:50.166 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
It's very, very common.
08:50.166 --> 08:52.566 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
The sort of blue-gray
coloration on it
08:52.566 --> 08:55.533 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
long neck, stiletto-like beak,
little beady eyes
08:55.533 --> 08:57.500 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
and, again, very,
very observant.
08:57.500 --> 09:01.033 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
Looks like he really sees
something moving in the water.
09:01.033 --> 09:02.666 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
I think it's
really that turtle
09:02.666 --> 09:04.300 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
that you were talking
about a minute ago
09:04.300 --> 09:05.666 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
that Florida
soft-shell easing by.
09:05.666 --> 09:09.966 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55%
And you see the way he
moves very carefully
09:09.966 --> 09:12.700 align:left position:52.5% line:83% size:37.5%
always with his
eyes riveted
09:12.700 --> 09:15.933 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
on whatever causes
the curiosity.
09:15.933 --> 09:17.600 align:left position:45% line:83% size:45%
That is the turtle
look at that.
09:17.600 --> 09:18.900 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
That is the
turtle moving.
09:18.900 --> 09:20.100 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
He wouldn't
be interested
09:20.100 --> 09:21.333 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
in anything that big.
09:21.333 --> 09:23.333 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
He would probably be
interested in the fish
09:23.333 --> 09:26.133 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
that the turtle is scaring
up, you know, by its movement.
09:26.133 --> 09:27.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
The great blue
is so stationary
09:27.700 --> 09:29.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
at times, it
doesn't seem real.
09:29.400 --> 09:30.666 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
Blends in
so well, too.
09:30.666 --> 09:32.033 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
It's kind
of hard to see
09:32.033 --> 09:34.766 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
unless it's standing out
very obviously like that.
09:34.766 --> 09:37.466 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
Now, this section
of the trail is
09:37.466 --> 09:41.000 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
probably the best part
to really see a bird
09:41.000 --> 09:44.666 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
that gives the trail
its name the Anhinga.
09:44.666 --> 09:46.266 align:left position:52.5% line:83% size:37.5%
And there is
one right there
09:46.266 --> 09:47.800 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50%
wings spread out.
09:47.800 --> 09:49.233 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
Look at that-- gorgeous.
09:49.233 --> 09:50.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
Gorgeous sight.
09:50.633 --> 09:52.033 align:left position:50% line:89% size:40%
Fantastic bird.
09:52.033 --> 09:54.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
Course, another name
is the water turkey.
09:54.100 --> 09:55.266 align:left position:50% line:89% size:40%
Water turkey--
09:55.266 --> 09:57.000 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
and you see the
tail feathers there
09:57.000 --> 09:58.200 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
you know,
sort of spread
09:58.200 --> 10:00.000 align:left position:52.5% line:83% size:37.5%
like a turkey's
tail would look.
10:00.000 --> 10:02.833 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
And when it flies, it looks
a little like a turkey
10:02.833 --> 10:04.900 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
except for that
long snake-like neck
10:04.900 --> 10:06.700 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
which gives it
another name...
10:06.700 --> 10:07.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
A snake bird.
10:07.800 --> 10:09.066 align:left position:50% line:89% size:40%
The snake bird.
10:09.066 --> 10:10.766 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
And, again, a
stiletto-like beak.
10:10.766 --> 10:14.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
It feeds on a variety of
animals in the water especially
10:14.233 --> 10:16.100 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
fish and spears them
with that sharp beak.
10:16.100 --> 10:17.633 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
And that's
kind of nice.
10:17.633 --> 10:19.066 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50%
That is a beauty.
10:19.066 --> 10:22.566 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
See the sort of turquoise
around the eye on that one?
10:22.566 --> 10:25.533 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55%
That lets us know it's
in breeding condition.
10:25.533 --> 10:29.666 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
And that is a beautiful animal,
fantastic bird.
10:29.666 --> 10:32.100 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
And that one
is the female.
10:32.100 --> 10:33.933 align:left position:60% line:83% size:30%
The male is
all black.
10:33.933 --> 10:37.500 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
The female has that sort
of brownish throat
10:37.500 --> 10:39.266 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
and neck on it,
okay?
10:39.266 --> 10:40.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
Mm-hmm.
10:40.600 --> 10:43.100 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
So you can tell sexual
differences in that bird
10:43.100 --> 10:44.533 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45%
very, very easily.
10:44.533 --> 10:47.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
The Anhinga is one of the
most popular attractions
10:47.066 --> 10:48.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
here on the
Anhinga trail.
10:48.500 --> 10:50.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
The tourists
seem to love it.
10:50.633 --> 10:52.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
They laugh at some of
its antics, though.
10:52.633 --> 10:53.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
It's clumsy at times.
10:53.633 --> 10:54.933 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
Well, take a
look over here.
10:54.933 --> 10:56.766 align:left position:60% line:83% size:30%
See the nest
up there
10:56.766 --> 10:59.366 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
with the female
sitting on it
10:59.366 --> 11:02.166 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
and the male
right beside her?
11:02.166 --> 11:05.166 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
And most probably he's
going to be working down
11:05.166 --> 11:06.800 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
to get some
more material
11:06.800 --> 11:08.800 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
for that nest
as time goes on.
11:08.800 --> 11:11.500 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
And so we'll have to kind
of keep looking at that.
11:11.500 --> 11:13.433 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5%
But that's the male
and female together.
11:13.433 --> 11:15.500 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
You can see the differences
very obviously.
11:15.500 --> 11:17.066 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
I see something
else though
11:17.066 --> 11:18.600 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
now, here...
See the bird--
11:18.600 --> 11:20.300 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
looks like he's
getting ready
11:20.300 --> 11:22.166 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
to grab for some
food over there
11:22.166 --> 11:23.900 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
that's almost
all light blue?
11:23.900 --> 11:26.100 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
Little blue heron--
remember the great blue?
11:26.100 --> 11:28.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
You can tell by the
coloration on this one, too.
11:28.500 --> 11:29.533 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50%
Coloration and size.
11:29.533 --> 11:30.866 align:left position:62.5% line:83% size:27.5%
This one is
much smaller
11:30.866 --> 11:33.000 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
has a little dark on
the end of the beak there
11:33.000 --> 11:34.800 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
but looks like it's
looking for food
11:34.800 --> 11:36.400 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
around those
spatterdock leaves.
11:36.400 --> 11:38.266 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
Little blue heron--
fantastic animal.
11:38.266 --> 11:40.400 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
Gosh there are a lot
of wading birds here.
11:40.400 --> 11:42.866 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
And there's another
one over there
11:42.866 --> 11:44.733 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
that's even
harder to see.
11:44.733 --> 11:47.800 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55%
Louisiana heron is one
of the names for it.
11:47.800 --> 11:48.800 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
See, it
looks bluish
11:48.800 --> 11:50.133 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
and yet it's got
all that white
11:50.133 --> 11:51.833 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
on the neck and on
the front of the body
11:51.833 --> 11:53.400 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
that makes that
identification easy.
11:53.400 --> 11:54.933 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
Look at him go out
and grab something
11:54.933 --> 11:56.133 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50%
there in the water.
11:56.133 --> 11:57.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
That has been called
Audubon's favorite...
11:57.600 --> 11:58.600 align:left position:70% line:89% size:20%
Really?
11:58.600 --> 11:59.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
Here in the everglades.
11:59.666 --> 12:01.033 align:left position:45% line:83% size:45%
Yeah, well, that's
interesting.
12:01.033 --> 12:02.200 align:left position:60% line:83% size:30%
But anyway,
he came out
12:02.200 --> 12:03.400 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
and grabbed something
right there.
12:03.400 --> 12:04.666 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
Probably getting
little fish.
12:04.666 --> 12:07.066 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
Now look at that Anhinga
over there again.
12:07.066 --> 12:09.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
People watch them
for really hours.
12:09.100 --> 12:11.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
I've seen them stand
on the boardwalk
12:11.233 --> 12:13.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
and just watch the
antics of the anhinga.
12:13.600 --> 12:16.066 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
The male goes in the
water and grabs this...
12:16.066 --> 12:17.933 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5%
Looks like a willow
branch, okay?
12:17.933 --> 12:19.333 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
And it comes up
with it
12:19.333 --> 12:21.466 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
and it's trying to get all
the way up to the nest.
12:21.466 --> 12:23.200 align:left position:45% line:83% size:45%
It's so wet that
it can't fly well.
12:23.200 --> 12:24.433 align:left position:55% line:83% size:35%
That other one
back there
12:24.433 --> 12:26.133 align:left position:47.5% line:83% size:42.5%
was spreading its
wings to dry out.
12:26.133 --> 12:28.300 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
And so it's got to leap
from branch to branch
12:28.300 --> 12:29.400 align:left position:62.5% line:83% size:27.5%
to get up
to the top.
12:29.400 --> 12:31.133 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
Of course,
the female's up there.
12:31.133 --> 12:33.066 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5%
Look at her looking
over toward him
12:33.066 --> 12:34.533 align:left position:47.5% line:89% size:42.5%
and then... Boom!
12:34.533 --> 12:37.033 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
Look at that--
right in the nest with her
12:37.033 --> 12:38.333 align:left position:57.5% line:83% size:32.5%
almost knocks
her out.
12:38.333 --> 12:40.400 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
Gives her the
little willow branch
12:40.400 --> 12:42.700 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
and she weaves it
into the nest again.
12:42.700 --> 12:44.400 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5%
They're fascinating
animals.
12:44.400 --> 12:46.033 align:left position:47.5% line:83% size:42.5%
This is a
fascinating place
12:46.033 --> 12:47.600 align:left position:55% line:83% size:35%
to come and
look at birds.
12:47.600 --> 12:49.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
Of course, you'll
see the anhinga
12:49.333 --> 12:50.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
as you mentioned earlier
12:50.566 --> 12:51.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
drying out a good bit.
12:51.766 --> 12:53.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
There's reason for that.
12:53.100 --> 12:54.533 align:left position:52.5% line:83% size:37.5%
Just doesn't
have enough oil
12:54.533 --> 12:56.566 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
to keep his feathers dry
when he dives.
12:56.566 --> 12:57.800 align:left position:57.5% line:83% size:32.5%
He's under
water so much
12:57.800 --> 12:59.766 align:left position:45% line:83% size:45%
he has to come out
and really dry off
12:59.766 --> 13:01.466 align:left position:52.5% line:83% size:37.5%
before he can
fly well again.
13:01.466 --> 13:03.466 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
I guess the water
adds a lot of weight.
13:03.466 --> 13:05.666 align:left position:45% line:83% size:45%
Two other birds
real quickly here.
13:05.666 --> 13:07.466 align:left position:57.5% line:83% size:32.5%
The bird that
looks a little
13:07.466 --> 13:08.933 align:left position:57.5% line:83% size:32.5%
like a purple
gallinule
13:08.933 --> 13:11.133 align:left position:47.5% line:83% size:42.5%
and yet has a lot
more white on it
13:11.133 --> 13:13.866 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
and a totally orange...
Mostly orange beak
13:13.866 --> 13:15.433 align:left position:57.5% line:83% size:32.5%
is the common
gallinule--
13:15.433 --> 13:18.166 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55%
or the moor hen now is
another name for it.
13:18.166 --> 13:19.800 align:left position:52.5% line:83% size:37.5%
And then a very
close relative
13:19.800 --> 13:21.533 align:left position:52.5% line:83% size:37.5%
over there with
the white beak
13:21.533 --> 13:22.766 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45%
the American coot.
13:22.766 --> 13:24.600 align:left position:45% line:83% size:45%
Gosh, we could
stay here forever.
13:24.600 --> 13:27.866 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
And look down right below us,
Jim, the alligators.
13:27.866 --> 13:29.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
(chuckles)
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views all over
the place
13:30.733 --> 13:33.200 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55%
and a little green
heron even further on.
13:33.200 --> 13:35.900 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
We could keep going forever
at this one spot.
13:35.900 --> 13:37.133 align:left position:60% line:89% size:30%
Look at him.
13:37.133 --> 13:38.766 align:left position:57.5% line:83% size:32.5%
He looks like
he's fishing.
13:38.766 --> 13:41.900 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
One other thing that's really
striking here, I think
13:41.900 --> 13:43.100 align:left position:42.5% line:89% size:47.5%
are the air plants.
13:43.100 --> 13:44.933 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
Look at them all over
the tree here, Jim
13:44.933 --> 13:46.100 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50%
right by the trail.
13:46.100 --> 13:47.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
Several different
kinds, all sizes.
13:47.766 --> 13:48.766 align:left position:70% line:89% size:20%
Oh, man.
13:48.766 --> 13:50.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
Many look like
pineapple tops.
13:50.200 --> 13:52.400 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
Yeah, and they're in
the pineapple family, see.
13:52.400 --> 13:53.666 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
These are bromeliads.
13:53.666 --> 13:55.600 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
They're not parasitic
on the tree at all.
13:55.600 --> 13:56.633 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50%
They're epiphytes.
13:56.633 --> 13:58.000 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
They live on top
of the plant
13:58.000 --> 13:59.600 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
but they get moisture
from the air
13:59.600 --> 14:00.833 align:left position:60% line:83% size:30%
and minerals
from the air
14:00.833 --> 14:02.566 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
and, of course,
they're green plants.
14:02.566 --> 14:03.666 align:left position:55% line:83% size:35%
They make
their own food
14:03.666 --> 14:04.800 align:left position:57.5% line:83% size:32.5%
although they
don't look
14:04.800 --> 14:06.233 align:left position:52.5% line:83% size:37.5%
all that green
at this moment.
14:06.233 --> 14:07.600 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
See the red stuff
coming up
14:07.600 --> 14:08.900 align:left position:55% line:83% size:35%
looking almost
like candles?
14:08.900 --> 14:10.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
A blossom or fruit.
14:10.200 --> 14:13.066 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
That is the early
flowering stalk,
14:13.066 --> 14:14.300 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5%
yeah coming up on it.
14:14.300 --> 14:16.200 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45%
Fascinating plant.
14:16.200 --> 14:17.266 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55%
And I thought I saw...
14:17.266 --> 14:18.600 align:left position:57.5% line:83% size:32.5%
Yes, I do see
some movement.
14:18.600 --> 14:19.600 align:left position:55% line:89% size:35%
Look down now.
14:19.600 --> 14:20.866 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5%
This is very hard to see.
14:20.866 --> 14:22.466 align:left position:45% line:83% size:45%
This animal really
camouflages.
14:22.466 --> 14:23.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
Camouflaged.
14:23.533 --> 14:26.333 align:left position:45% line:83% size:45%
American bittern
easing along there
14:26.333 --> 14:28.433 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5%
again, stiletto-like beak
14:28.433 --> 14:30.133 align:left position:52.5% line:83% size:37.5%
lots of brown
on this animal.
14:30.133 --> 14:32.400 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
Blends in very well to
reeds and other things.
14:32.400 --> 14:34.466 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55%
Now, that is a special
thing to see here
14:34.466 --> 14:35.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
perhaps that's one,
14:35.566 --> 14:36.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
Rudy that the average
visitor here
14:36.900 --> 14:38.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
on the average day
isn't going to see.
14:38.700 --> 14:40.100 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
Yeah, because
it's not obvious
14:40.100 --> 14:41.500 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
like many of the
other things.
14:41.500 --> 14:42.500 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50%
It's usually hidden.
14:42.500 --> 14:43.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
It may be here
14:43.633 --> 14:45.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
but it's not always
going to be seen.
14:45.300 --> 14:46.300 align:left position:52.5% line:89% size:37.5%
It's fantastic.
14:46.300 --> 14:47.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
Water really
does attract
14:47.900 --> 14:50.800 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
a lot of interesting
life-forms, doesn't it?
14:50.800 --> 14:52.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
You have to take your
time and appreciate it.
14:52.833 --> 14:54.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
You can't rush
through it.
14:54.100 --> 14:56.100 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
Well, there's another
place totally different.
14:56.100 --> 14:57.466 align:left position:55% line:83% size:35%
The pinelands,
it's very dry.
14:57.466 --> 14:59.366 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
Let's see what kind of
life's attracted there.
14:59.366 --> 15:00.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
All right.
15:00.366 --> 15:07.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
[♪ gentle melody ♪]
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this pinelands area,
now, is another one
15:09.366 --> 15:11.366 align:left position:45% line:83% size:45%
of those dry parts
of the everglades.
15:11.366 --> 15:12.766 align:left position:57.5% line:83% size:32.5%
It's a little
higher, too.
15:12.766 --> 15:15.066 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55%
Not only does water
make a difference here
15:15.066 --> 15:17.433 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
but elevation really
does make a difference.
15:17.433 --> 15:19.000 align:left position:47.5% line:83% size:42.5%
And these Florida
slash pines
15:19.000 --> 15:20.500 align:left position:57.5% line:83% size:32.5%
which are all
over the place
15:20.500 --> 15:22.566 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
and the palmettos
underneath make this
15:22.566 --> 15:24.700 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
of course, another
very unique habitat.
15:24.700 --> 15:27.800 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
You would expect different
plants and animals to be here.
15:27.800 --> 15:30.966 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
Got sable palmetto and the
saw palmetto out there.
15:30.966 --> 15:32.466 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
Some of these
pines... Well,
15:32.466 --> 15:34.166 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75%
the pines look
burned over, Rudy.
15:34.166 --> 15:36.666 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
Well, fire is one
thing in the glades
15:36.666 --> 15:39.133 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
that has always
been a normal thing.
15:39.133 --> 15:40.500 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
And it does
control things.
15:40.500 --> 15:42.133 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
Now, if you did
not have a fire
15:42.133 --> 15:44.066 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
going through here
every now and then
15:44.066 --> 15:45.233 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
these pines, especially
15:45.233 --> 15:46.833 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
would be shaded
out by hardwoods.
15:46.833 --> 15:49.100 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
And the next thing
we want to see is
15:49.100 --> 15:51.300 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
this hardwood
hammock just beyond.
15:56.900 --> 15:59.400 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
See, now we've come into
a totally different world.
15:59.400 --> 16:01.000 align:left position:57.5% line:83% size:32.5%
It's a little
darker in here.
16:01.000 --> 16:03.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
The diversity of the
everglades, again.
16:03.366 --> 16:07.600 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
Yeah, and again, fire keeps
pines and saw palmettos.
16:07.600 --> 16:10.333 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
Boy, when fire
can't get to an area
16:10.333 --> 16:12.533 align:left position:55% line:83% size:35%
these hardwood
hammocks form.
16:12.533 --> 16:15.866 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
And, you know, it's kind of
like going to the West Indies
16:15.866 --> 16:18.033 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
when you start looking
at plants here
16:18.033 --> 16:20.600 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
because of tremendous
diversity of plants
16:20.600 --> 16:24.000 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
that really you'd find in
Central America or South America
16:24.000 --> 16:25.966 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
or near the West
Indies and such.
16:25.966 --> 16:28.233 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
There are also some
interesting animals here
16:28.233 --> 16:30.266 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
and I was hoping we'd
at least see one.
16:30.266 --> 16:32.000 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
And I see one
sitting over there
16:32.000 --> 16:33.133 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
one of the tree snails.
16:33.133 --> 16:35.233 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
Banded Florida Tree
Snail is the name.
16:35.233 --> 16:36.566 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
See it over there, Jim?
16:36.566 --> 16:37.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
Right.
16:37.766 --> 16:39.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
Found mostly right here
in the subtropics?
16:39.633 --> 16:42.700 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
Yeah, and it likes
these hardwood hammocks
16:42.700 --> 16:45.266 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
and feeds on, well,
a lot of fungi.
16:45.266 --> 16:47.166 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
It's a rather
useful snail
16:47.166 --> 16:49.900 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5%
because it feeds on
some of the fungi
16:49.900 --> 16:51.466 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
that would
kill the trees.
16:51.466 --> 16:52.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
How did they
get here?
16:52.766 --> 16:55.100 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
How did the vegetation,
how did the snails come?
16:55.100 --> 16:56.766 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
Well, that's a real
good question.
16:56.766 --> 16:59.833 align:left position:30% line:77% size:60%
How would you get from
the West Indies here
easily--without man?
16:59.833 --> 17:01.900 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
And man didn't really
have anything to do
17:01.900 --> 17:04.066 align:left position:50% line:77% size:40%
with most of the
introductions of
these animals.
17:04.066 --> 17:05.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
Jump up in a
hurricane, I guess.
17:05.733 --> 17:07.800 align:left position:45% line:83% size:45%
Hurricanes are the
way to get here.
17:07.800 --> 17:09.966 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5%
If you want to go
from south to here
17:09.966 --> 17:11.333 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
you just ride a storm.
17:11.333 --> 17:12.966 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
Now, they didn't
plan on that
17:12.966 --> 17:15.333 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
but seed got blown
in from a hurricane.
17:15.333 --> 17:18.566 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55%
Those snails over
there, gorgeous snails
17:18.566 --> 17:22.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
probably washed in, you see,
hanging to some vegetation
17:22.100 --> 17:25.000 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
and began to form colonies
in hammocks in Florida.
17:25.000 --> 17:28.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
And you'll have a nice
little hardwood hammock here
17:28.066 --> 17:29.666 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
and then a saw grass
area, you know
17:29.666 --> 17:31.433 align:left position:47.5% line:83% size:42.5%
and another
hardwood hammock.
17:31.433 --> 17:34.166 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
And so you get one population
of those snails in one hammock
17:34.166 --> 17:35.866 align:left position:45% line:83% size:45%
that's really very
differently marked
17:35.866 --> 17:37.700 align:left position:45% line:83% size:45%
from population in
another hammock.
17:37.700 --> 17:39.700 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
But hurricanes really
have had an effect
17:39.700 --> 17:42.033 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
on the southern part of
Florida and elsewhere.
17:42.033 --> 17:43.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
What kind of snail?
17:43.133 --> 17:44.800 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
It's one of the
banded tree snails--
17:44.800 --> 17:47.400 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
Banded Florida Tree Snail
is the common name for it.
17:47.400 --> 17:48.600 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
And they're rare animals
17:48.600 --> 17:50.500 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
and certainly not
to be tampered with.
17:50.500 --> 17:51.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
Beautiful.
17:51.733 --> 17:53.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
And it's just sleeping
during the dry season?
17:53.966 --> 17:56.066 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
Not terribly active
during the dry season.
17:56.066 --> 17:57.800 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
Let's take a look
at one other area
17:57.800 --> 18:00.833 align:left position:40% line:71% size:50%
that kind of gives
us an
overview of this
place, okay?
18:07.366 --> 18:08.766 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
This is another view now
18:08.766 --> 18:10.800 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5%
of that typical saw
grass everglades
18:10.800 --> 18:12.033 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
and I kind of like it
18:12.033 --> 18:14.500 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
even though it's going
off in the distance.
18:14.500 --> 18:15.833 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50%
A lot of it, huh?
18:15.833 --> 18:17.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
Rudy, it's beautiful.
18:17.400 --> 18:20.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
And much of the everglades
is the saw grass
18:20.666 --> 18:24.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
and, of course, the Indians
called itpa-hay-okee
18:24.366 --> 18:26.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
which means
"grassy waters."
18:26.266 --> 18:27.466 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
mm-hmm, and you
can see why
18:27.466 --> 18:28.933 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
and, again, the
water now is down.
18:28.933 --> 18:30.166 align:left position:52.5% line:83% size:37.5%
We said it's
the dry season.
18:30.166 --> 18:32.533 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
Look at the limestoney
material out there
18:32.533 --> 18:34.833 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
and see the skim, the
dried skim of algae
18:34.833 --> 18:37.333 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55%
that used to be living
down there, now dead.
18:37.333 --> 18:39.066 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5%
And a few cypresses
coming out.
18:39.066 --> 18:41.733 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
They're dwarfs-- probably
a bald cypress variety.
18:41.733 --> 18:42.800 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50%
They don't do well.
18:42.800 --> 18:44.300 align:left position:52.5% line:83% size:37.5%
Again, it's dry
this season
18:44.300 --> 18:47.033 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
and they can't get their
roots down very deep.
18:47.033 --> 18:49.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
And then almost like
ships on the sea of grass
18:49.733 --> 18:52.366 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
you see these little
hammocks, they're called
18:52.366 --> 18:54.433 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
hardwood hammocks,
for the most part
18:54.433 --> 18:56.266 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
dotting the
landscape out there.
18:56.266 --> 18:58.166 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
And that's quite
a haven, you see
18:58.166 --> 18:59.666 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5%
for lots of large animals
18:59.666 --> 19:01.933 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55%
especially the cougar,
or mountain lion
19:01.933 --> 19:03.366 align:left position:57.5% line:83% size:32.5%
white-tailed
deer, raccoon
19:03.366 --> 19:04.533 align:left position:42.5% line:89% size:47.5%
that kind of thing.
19:04.533 --> 19:06.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
You're going to see
a white-tailed deer
19:06.600 --> 19:07.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
looks like a doe,
perhaps
19:07.933 --> 19:09.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
coming out through
the grasses now.
19:09.866 --> 19:11.066 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55%
On the side over there
19:11.066 --> 19:12.866 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
looks like it's been
burned a little bit
19:12.866 --> 19:14.933 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
coming out to get a little
nibble of something.
19:14.933 --> 19:16.766 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55%
Doesn't seem to be
very frightened of us.
19:16.766 --> 19:18.500 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
And, again, that's
one of the neathings
19:18.500 --> 19:19.900 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
about Everglades National Park.
19:19.900 --> 19:21.433 align:left position:45% line:83% size:45%
The animals are
used to the people
19:21.433 --> 19:22.900 align:left position:47.5% line:83% size:42.5%
and so it gives
us an opportunity
19:22.900 --> 19:24.233 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
to get extremely
close to them.
19:24.233 --> 19:25.633 align:left position:52.5% line:83% size:37.5%
And, of course,
with binoculars
19:25.633 --> 19:26.766 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
you can get even closer.
19:26.766 --> 19:28.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
Rudy, is it true
that the animals...
19:28.333 --> 19:29.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
The closer you get
to the equator
19:29.766 --> 19:31.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
they are smaller
than those up north?
19:31.500 --> 19:32.633 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
Yeah, white-tailed deer
19:32.633 --> 19:34.433 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
are all over the
eastern united states
19:34.433 --> 19:36.733 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
and the further south you
go in the united states
19:36.733 --> 19:38.466 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5%
the smaller average
weight and size.
19:38.466 --> 19:40.533 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
And then there is the
key deer even below here
19:40.533 --> 19:43.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
that's the smallest of the
white-tailed deer varieties.
19:43.033 --> 19:45.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
It's beautiful
here, very serene.
19:45.033 --> 19:46.100 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
A lot of things to see.
19:46.100 --> 19:47.400 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
We need to head
from here now
19:47.400 --> 19:49.433 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
and see what salt water
influences have done
19:49.433 --> 19:51.466 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55%
to certain sections of
the Everglades, okay?
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All right.
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♪ [gentle music] ♪
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one plant that
really tells you
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the world is changing
and getting salty
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is this thing we just
walked between, Jim.
20:12.200 --> 20:13.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
With the spidery
looking legs.
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Red mangrove
extremely common now
20:15.833 --> 20:18.333 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
where you've got
saltwater influences.
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Look at the aerial
roots on that thing...
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Mm-hmm.
20:21.900 --> 20:23.600 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
Standing way
above the ground
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and creating a
unique habitat.
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And lots and lots of animals
really find this to be
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a very good
place to live.
20:29.900 --> 20:33.366 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
And I see a couple
of snail shells...
20:34.366 --> 20:35.433 align:left position:70% line:89% size:20%
Oh, yes.
20:35.433 --> 20:36.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
...we might want
to take a look at
20:36.900 --> 20:39.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
because these are two animals,
now, that do very well
20:39.200 --> 20:40.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
in situations
just like this.
20:40.566 --> 20:44.800 align:left position:40% line:71% size:50%
Mm-hmm, this is
something
that we've seen
before.
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This is one of the
apple snails, yeah.
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This one is a
large snail.
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Let's just turn
it over here
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and look at the
opening in there
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where the body
of the snail is.
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And since we're
in the everglades
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we'll have to
mention one bird
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that really feeds on this a
lot is the everglades kite
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which is also known
as the snail kite
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because it feeds
almost exclusively
21:06.166 --> 21:07.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
on large snails
like this.
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And, again, you can see
as I turn the shell around
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the spiral that's
typical of the
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gastropods the snails.
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Now, that's a big one.
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It does well out here.
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Here's the shell of
another one, much smaller
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that I think is just
perfectly named.
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Mm-hmm, looks
like a ram's horn.
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And it's called
common name
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a ram's horn snail.
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Again, one of the snails
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that does well in
freshwater situations.
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We don't have a lot
of water here today
21:35.533 --> 21:37.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
but, again, it's
a little wetter
21:37.300 --> 21:38.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
around these mangroves.
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Ram's horn snail.
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There are all sorts
of interesting things
21:41.700 --> 21:43.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
going on in a
place like this.
21:43.100 --> 21:44.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
I think one of the
neatest, though
21:44.700 --> 21:47.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
is the way these plants
get distributed in an area.
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I see some fruit
down here.
21:48.533 --> 21:50.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
Let me go ahead and
just get two things
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and I think I
can point out
21:51.966 --> 21:53.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
how this thing works.
21:53.133 --> 21:55.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
This is the mangrove fruit
21:55.033 --> 21:57.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
as it grows on
the tree, okay?
21:57.233 --> 21:59.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
Looks like a cigar shape.
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It breaks off and
hits the water
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which is usually below it.
22:03.266 --> 22:06.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
And it floats somewhere
and finally is deposited.
22:06.800 --> 22:09.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
When it is deposited,
look what happens.
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Roots begin to
grow on the thing.
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I see.
22:12.833 --> 22:14.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
And now what
you've got, you see
22:14.700 --> 22:17.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
is a potential mangrove
plant getting started.
22:17.433 --> 22:19.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
And mangroves
reproduce very rapidly
22:19.566 --> 22:21.966 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
and do very well in
saltwater situations
22:21.966 --> 22:23.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
in tropical areas
of the world.
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And, of course,
as we've said
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we're in the tropics today.
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And they grow to
a massive height.
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They get very, very
large and they dominate.
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You know, there are very
few places where you can go
22:34.266 --> 22:37.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
where one tree species,
one woody species like this
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dominates everything else.
22:38.433 --> 22:41.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
But when you think of
the coastline of North America
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this is the only tree
22:42.366 --> 22:44.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
that really has tackled
saltwater situations
22:44.600 --> 22:45.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
and done it well.
22:45.633 --> 22:47.100 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
Of course, we're
near Florida Bay
22:47.100 --> 22:49.633 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
and in the freshwater and
brackish water, they thrive.
22:49.633 --> 22:50.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
Sure, they do very well
22:50.800 --> 22:52.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
and are taking over,
you see, this area.
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You look out here
22:53.900 --> 22:56.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
and they're just scattered
all over the place--
22:56.100 --> 22:57.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
small now, but
making a beginning.
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And look again, now.
22:59.300 --> 23:03.066 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
Remember the grassy prairies
that we saw earlier, saw grass?
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No saw grass here.
23:04.266 --> 23:05.266 align:left position:80% line:89% size:10%
No.
23:05.266 --> 23:06.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
What's going on?
23:06.266 --> 23:07.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
Brackish water, you see
23:07.533 --> 23:09.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
really limits the
range of the saw grass
23:09.766 --> 23:12.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
but it lets this little rush
come in and do quite well
23:12.200 --> 23:13.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
so habitats are changing.
23:13.433 --> 23:15.000 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
Let's go take a look
at Florida Bay.
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I think that'll be an
interesting thing to see
23:16.966 --> 23:18.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
and we'll look for some
mangroves down there
23:18.900 --> 23:20.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
and see if they're
there. Too.
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Okay.
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♪ [gentle melody] ♪
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You know,
a lot of times
23:28.533 --> 23:30.166 align:left position:52.5% line:83% size:37.5%
you find it
hard to realize
23:30.166 --> 23:32.700 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
that there's so much
life right around us.
23:32.700 --> 23:35.066 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
But you come to a
place like everglades
23:35.066 --> 23:36.133 align:left position:47.5% line:89% size:42.5%
and look at this.
23:36.133 --> 23:37.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
(chuckles):
how many?
23:37.833 --> 23:39.600 align:left position:57.5% line:83% size:32.5%
Isn't that
unbelievable?
23:39.600 --> 23:43.166 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
A lot of laughing gulls
and some black skimmers
23:43.166 --> 23:45.666 align:left position:45% line:83% size:45%
and... Oh, they're
phenomenal flyers.
23:45.666 --> 23:48.533 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
Taking advantage of
the breeze off the bay.
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And that's kind of
where we're headed, Jim.
23:51.466 --> 23:53.666 align:left position:52.5% line:83% size:37.5%
This is a great
place to end up.
23:53.666 --> 23:55.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
Beautiful area.
23:55.066 --> 23:58.133 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
Florida Bay is
really spectacular
23:58.133 --> 24:01.833 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
and it's just spread out
right in front of us.
24:01.833 --> 24:05.833 align:left position:47.5% line:89% size:42.5%
(breeze blowing)
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This is a really
rather shallow bay.
24:08.500 --> 24:12.133 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
It sure does attract a
lot of things, doesn't it?
24:12.133 --> 24:14.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
It does-- great marine
life and bird life.
24:14.300 --> 24:16.966 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
Oh, boy, brown pelicans
diving down there
24:16.966 --> 24:18.900 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
getting food as
we stand here.
24:18.900 --> 24:21.066 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
The tide's beginning
to ease out
24:21.066 --> 24:23.400 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
and they can catch
fish pretty easy
24:23.400 --> 24:25.200 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5%
as the tide's going away.
24:25.200 --> 24:27.633 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
You can see little
areas of turtle grass--
24:27.633 --> 24:30.433 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
that brown stuff out there
floating in the water
24:30.433 --> 24:32.100 align:left position:52.5% line:83% size:37.5%
really attached
to the bottom
24:32.100 --> 24:34.233 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
but being pushed
around by the water.
24:34.233 --> 24:35.666 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45%
It's turtle grass.
24:35.666 --> 24:39.200 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
Great place for sea turtles
of great diversity.
24:39.200 --> 24:42.366 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
And then, of course,
those islands out there
24:42.366 --> 24:44.733 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
which down here are
called keys all the time.
24:44.733 --> 24:48.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
About 100 of those... 100 of
those keys in the Florida Bay.
24:48.000 --> 24:49.400 align:left position:45% line:83% size:45%
This is a
spectacular place.
24:49.400 --> 24:51.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
I've used the word "beautiful"
so many times today.
24:51.433 --> 24:52.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
It applies; windy
also applies.
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Yeah, it's been
a strange day
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I think for a
number of reasons.
24:55.633 --> 24:57.533 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
The first thing that
comes to my mind
24:57.533 --> 24:59.333 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
whenever I think
of the Everglades
24:59.333 --> 25:01.433 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5%
is the diversity as
you said, though.
25:01.433 --> 25:02.666 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5%
I mean, we've really gone
25:02.666 --> 25:04.533 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
from high, dry ground
to wet sloughs
25:04.533 --> 25:06.700 align:left position:45% line:83% size:45%
all the way down
along the bay here
25:06.700 --> 25:07.933 align:left position:52.5% line:83% size:37.5%
and that's kind
of exciting.
25:07.933 --> 25:09.433 align:left position:50% line:89% size:40%
That's something
25:09.433 --> 25:11.766 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
that takes a lot of time,
though, to see, you know?
25:11.766 --> 25:12.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
It does.
25:12.766 --> 25:14.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
We have had a
long day here
25:14.266 --> 25:15.900 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
tried to see as
much as we could
25:15.900 --> 25:17.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
but it's so important
25:17.133 --> 25:19.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
that when you visit
Everglades National Park
25:19.366 --> 25:21.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
to slow down and get
off the main highway
25:21.500 --> 25:23.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
and visit some of the
beautiful places.
25:23.666 --> 25:26.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
It's the only way you'll
enjoy what's here.
25:26.066 --> 25:27.766 align:left position:45% line:83% size:45%
And there are a
lot of people here
25:27.766 --> 25:29.766 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
but you got to try
to get away from them
25:29.766 --> 25:31.666 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5%
and make it a very
personal experience
25:31.666 --> 25:33.700 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5%
because there is so
much diversity here.
25:33.700 --> 25:34.800 align:left position:47.5% line:89% size:42.5%
I was reminded...
25:34.800 --> 25:36.466 align:left position:45% line:83% size:45%
Remember, we
started off saying
25:36.466 --> 25:38.300 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5%
that the Everglades
to most people
25:38.300 --> 25:40.000 align:left position:45% line:83% size:45%
is saw grass
stretching forever
25:40.000 --> 25:42.366 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
and the name Everglades
comes from the fact
25:42.366 --> 25:44.300 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
that the early
Europeans coming here
25:44.300 --> 25:46.933 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
saw an open area that
reminded them of the glades
25:46.933 --> 25:49.433 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
you know, open areas in
their woods in Europe
25:49.433 --> 25:51.333 align:left position:45% line:83% size:45%
and it looked like
it went on forever
25:51.333 --> 25:53.433 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
and the Everglades
name came into being.
25:53.433 --> 25:56.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
Of course, we know the
Everglades don't go on forever.
25:56.166 --> 25:57.566 align:left position:55% line:83% size:35%
They've been
changed a lot.
25:57.566 --> 25:58.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
They have.
25:58.800 --> 26:00.933 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
But thank goodness the
national parks service
26:00.933 --> 26:02.866 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
has protected a large
amount of it for us.
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It's a part of a
natural heritage.
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They were very
threatened
26:05.733 --> 26:07.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
and perhaps
generations to come
26:07.300 --> 26:08.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
wouldn't have had
the opportunity
26:08.966 --> 26:10.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
to see the Everglades
except for 1947
26:10.833 --> 26:13.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
when President Truman
declared it a national park.
26:13.400 --> 26:14.733 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5%
It's a special place.
26:14.733 --> 26:16.733 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
We encourage you not only
to watch us here now
26:16.733 --> 26:18.700 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
but come and stand by
this bay for yourself
26:18.700 --> 26:20.500 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
and have these
experiences for yourself.
26:20.500 --> 26:22.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
Let's finishnature
26:20.500 --> 26:22.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
sc
26:20.500 --> 26:22.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
enethis time
26:22.066 --> 26:24.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
by watching the sunset
over the Florida Bay.
26:24.133 --> 26:26.400 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
Oh, yeah, what a
beautiful view.
26:26.400 --> 26:40.933 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50%
♪ [gentle music] ♪
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♪ [gentle music] ♪