1 00:00:00,733 --> 00:00:01,500 Narration: A production of the 2 00:00:01,500 --> 00:00:02,066 South Carolina Educational 3 00:00:02,066 --> 00:00:02,766 Television Network 4 00:00:04,166 --> 00:00:06,566 Jim: Nature Scene is made possible in 5 00:00:06,566 --> 00:00:09,366 part by viewer donations to the ETV 6 00:00:09,366 --> 00:00:12,100 endowment of South Carolina. 7 00:00:12,100 --> 00:00:14,833 Additional funding is provided by the Corporation 8 00:00:14,833 --> 00:00:16,466 for Public Broadcasting. 9 00:00:17,866 --> 00:01:19,133 ♪♪ 10 00:01:19,133 --> 00:01:21,300 Jim: Hello and welcome to this edition of 11 00:01:21,300 --> 00:01:23,166 Nature Scene I'm Jim Welch with 12 00:01:23,166 --> 00:01:25,366 naturalist Rudy Mancke. And we're in 13 00:01:25,366 --> 00:01:27,100 Horry County in eastern South Carolina, 14 00:01:27,100 --> 00:01:29,233 on the edge of The Carolina Bay, 15 00:01:29,233 --> 00:01:31,533 a mysterious geographic place and 16 00:01:31,533 --> 00:01:33,766 I say mysterious Rudy because so much 17 00:01:33,766 --> 00:01:35,666 has been written and so little yet known. 18 00:01:35,666 --> 00:01:37,000 Rudy: Yeah, it's still very 19 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,300 mysterious because we know that these 20 00:01:39,300 --> 00:01:41,233 elliptical depressions are very 21 00:01:41,233 --> 00:01:43,000 common on the coastal plain, 22 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:44,900 mainly in the Carolinas, which gives 23 00:01:44,900 --> 00:01:47,133 it the name Carolina Bays. 24 00:01:47,133 --> 00:01:49,433 And the formation, the exact formation of 25 00:01:49,433 --> 00:01:51,133 them is still arguable. 26 00:01:51,133 --> 00:01:53,200 But they're very, very special places 27 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,266 unique places. Because on a sandy 28 00:01:55,266 --> 00:01:57,400 coastal plane, they're lower, they 29 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:59,966 get wetter, a lot of vegetation builds up 30 00:01:59,966 --> 00:02:02,200 there, and it's almost like a boggy area. 31 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,466 And we'll be talking about the 32 00:02:04,466 --> 00:02:06,833 plants that live in that wet place. 33 00:02:06,833 --> 00:02:09,000 As opposed to plants that are found on 34 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,433 sand rims, which are usually associated 35 00:02:11,433 --> 00:02:13,400 with these bays. People used to 36 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:15,400 believe maybe meteorites crashed 37 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:17,633 into the ground here. And that's one theory, 38 00:02:17,633 --> 00:02:20,066 Jim: Well some still believe. 39 00:02:20,066 --> 00:02:22,066 Rudy: Sure Yeah, we're not really sure what happened. 40 00:02:22,066 --> 00:02:24,400 But once depressions formed water, 41 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:26,266 got in prevailing winds 42 00:02:26,266 --> 00:02:28,266 sort of formed ellipses that are 43 00:02:28,266 --> 00:02:29,866 kind of in a northwest to 44 00:02:29,866 --> 00:02:31,666 southeast orientation, and in 45 00:02:31,666 --> 00:02:34,000 the plants moved in. We're in an open 46 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,366 area here, but just behind us, you can 47 00:02:36,366 --> 00:02:38,366 see the thick vegetation that is 48 00:02:38,366 --> 00:02:40,433 so typical of a Carolina Bay, and 49 00:02:40,433 --> 00:02:42,733 we'll talk about some of those plants 50 00:02:42,733 --> 00:02:45,033 specifically. And a few moments but a 51 00:02:45,033 --> 00:02:47,366 lot of evergreen species do well, and 52 00:02:47,366 --> 00:02:49,600 I suppose the name bay may come from 53 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:51,866 the fact that there are three plants 54 00:02:51,866 --> 00:02:54,166 called Bays, Red Bay and sweetbay and 55 00:02:54,166 --> 00:02:56,400 loblolly Bay, that really do well in 56 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:57,500 those depressions. 57 00:02:57,500 --> 00:02:58,700 Jim: So that's an accepted theory as 58 00:02:58,700 --> 00:02:59,800 to why they're called Bays. 59 00:03:00,366 --> 00:03:02,200 Rudy: And then that sand rim is a totally 60 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:03,733 different habitats. 61 00:03:03,733 --> 00:03:05,533 Look in front of us here. I mean, the plants 62 00:03:05,533 --> 00:03:09,933 that dominate are tall longleaf pines 63 00:03:09,933 --> 00:03:11,733 that love Sandy situations, look at the big 64 00:03:11,733 --> 00:03:14,333 cones on those trees, and long needles. 65 00:03:14,333 --> 00:03:17,266 So the name longleaf pine 66 00:03:17,266 --> 00:03:19,233 certainly does make sense. But that is 67 00:03:19,233 --> 00:03:22,600 the dominant tree species here. 68 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:24,500 And what happens often in the sandy areas 69 00:03:24,500 --> 00:03:26,433 is fire come through and that is really 70 00:03:26,433 --> 00:03:28,200 something that does change the world. 71 00:03:28,900 --> 00:03:30,233 Look off in the distance there. And 72 00:03:30,233 --> 00:03:33,166 you can see how fire really kills a lot 73 00:03:33,166 --> 00:03:35,133 of the shrubby plants and allows 74 00:03:35,133 --> 00:03:36,966 these herbaceous species to come up 75 00:03:36,966 --> 00:03:37,933 and look at the ferns in the 76 00:03:37,933 --> 00:03:39,866 distance over there. < And what two 77 00:03:39,866 --> 00:03:40,966 different kinds of ferns.> Yeah, the 78 00:03:40,966 --> 00:03:43,633 low when they're close to the ground, 79 00:03:43,633 --> 00:03:45,600 about a foot off the surface is the 80 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,200 bracken fern. Very widely distributed 81 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:50,200 Fern doing well here. And then the 82 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:52,766 clumps of fronds that come up are 83 00:03:52,766 --> 00:03:55,100 leaves that come up a little higher is 84 00:03:55,100 --> 00:03:57,600 cinnamon fern. Beautiful new green. 85 00:03:58,066 --> 00:04:00,100 Now again, the shrubs the growing 86 00:04:00,100 --> 00:04:01,633 part of those shrubs was killed by the fire. 87 00:04:01,633 --> 00:04:04,066 The stem on those ferns is underground. 88 00:04:04,066 --> 00:04:06,333 It's called a rhizome. 89 00:04:06,333 --> 00:04:07,733 Jim: And goes up for many feet. 90 00:04:07,733 --> 00:04:09,066 Rudy: If you've got an underground stem and 91 00:04:09,066 --> 00:04:10,300 the fire comes through, you lose your 92 00:04:10,300 --> 00:04:11,866 leaves so what you send up new 93 00:04:11,866 --> 00:04:15,533 leaves from that protected stem. 94 00:04:15,533 --> 00:04:16,866 Now here's a plant right in front of us it 95 00:04:16,866 --> 00:04:19,833 does well in boggy situations and 96 00:04:19,833 --> 00:04:21,666 usually associated a lot with Carolina Bay, 97 00:04:21,666 --> 00:04:23,466 one of the carnivorous plants. 98 00:04:24,333 --> 00:04:26,366 Pitcher plant is the common name this one 99 00:04:26,366 --> 00:04:28,900 is the one called a hooded pitcher plant. 100 00:04:28,900 --> 00:04:31,166 Look those little translucent 101 00:04:31,166 --> 00:04:33,200 spots on the backside of that 102 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:35,533 modified leaf. 00:04:37,166 pitcher plants?> those not really 104 00:04:37,166 --> 00:04:38,600 know that's typical of the hooded 105 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:39,700 pitcher plant and look at the way they 106 00:04:39,700 --> 00:04:42,000 Top of that pitcher now really does flop 107 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:43,433 down a good bit we'll probably see 108 00:04:43,433 --> 00:04:45,033 some other pitcher plant species in a moment. 109 00:04:45,033 --> 00:04:47,100 Jim: Carnivorous in that it's a meat eater? 110 00:04:47,100 --> 00:04:49,533 It takes in insects mainly and 111 00:04:49,533 --> 00:04:51,300 other animals that might get trapped 112 00:04:51,300 --> 00:04:54,100 sweet smell coming out. And then that 113 00:04:54,100 --> 00:04:56,066 tubular leaf has digestive fluid at 114 00:04:56,066 --> 00:04:59,433 the bottom insect falls in and gets 115 00:04:59,433 --> 00:05:02,366 digested by the plant giving some 116 00:05:02,366 --> 00:05:04,466 trace elements probably that it 117 00:05:04,466 --> 00:05:06,733 couldn't get out of the soil to these 118 00:05:06,733 --> 00:05:08,400 plants the stem on that is on the 119 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:10,033 ground and the fire came through. 120 00:05:10,033 --> 00:05:12,566 No problem it sends up new leaves and look 121 00:05:12,566 --> 00:05:14,566 look at the flowers. Isn't that 122 00:05:14,566 --> 00:05:16,500 interesting the way they tilt down like 123 00:05:16,500 --> 00:05:19,866 that and you see petals and sepuls 124 00:05:19,866 --> 00:05:21,466 they're very very colorful. 125 00:05:21,466 --> 00:05:23,866 Jim: Is May a good time to see 126 00:05:23,866 --> 00:05:24,866 carnivorous plants? 127 00:05:24,866 --> 00:05:27,000 Rudy: Yeah it really is not only the the 128 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:28,733 leaves that help you identify them but 129 00:05:28,733 --> 00:05:32,266 also the beautiful flowers one of the 130 00:05:32,266 --> 00:05:34,533 carnivorous plants I bet we'll see more. 131 00:05:34,533 --> 00:05:35,933 Look at the yellow out here now a lot 132 00:05:35,933 --> 00:05:38,266 of color we saw green a moment ago. 133 00:05:38,266 --> 00:05:40,066 What blossoms brilliant yellow? 134 00:05:40,066 --> 00:05:42,433 Wild Indigo is the common name for that 135 00:05:42,433 --> 00:05:44,033 in the Pea family you can see those 136 00:05:44,033 --> 00:05:46,266 flowers very clearly there. And then those 137 00:05:46,266 --> 00:05:49,266 new leaves are very interesting. 138 00:05:49,266 --> 00:05:50,733 That's a strange plant it forms a 139 00:05:50,733 --> 00:05:54,366 little pea like pod on it fruit pot but 140 00:05:54,366 --> 00:05:56,000 look what happens is a plant dies there's 141 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,900 last year's plant right next to it see 142 00:05:57,900 --> 00:06:00,700 it's it's black very dark and stiff and 143 00:06:00,700 --> 00:06:02,266 since we're the color comes from 144 00:06:02,266 --> 00:06:05,266 it's used in dried arrangements every 145 00:06:05,266 --> 00:06:07,233 now and then but very very sturdy. 146 00:06:07,233 --> 00:06:09,600 Doing well last year's and then the 147 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:11,500 new this year's growth beautiful 148 00:06:11,500 --> 00:06:12,800 flowers I'm sure we're going to see 149 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:14,233 more why don't we just head off in 150 00:06:14,233 --> 00:06:14,900 this direction. 151 00:06:14,900 --> 00:06:24,400 ♪♪ 152 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:26,833 Very sweet smells here. Isn't this nice? 153 00:06:26,833 --> 00:06:28,733 Jim: And no wonder there are 154 00:06:28,733 --> 00:06:31,666 so many flowers blossoming this time of year. 155 00:06:31,666 --> 00:06:33,333 Rudy: And one that dominates here is 156 00:06:33,333 --> 00:06:36,866 that little shrubby Azalea, common name for 157 00:06:36,866 --> 00:06:38,766 it is dwarf azalea and doesn't 158 00:06:38,766 --> 00:06:41,433 get much higher than this. But typical azalea 159 00:06:41,433 --> 00:06:44,333 like flowers and very very 160 00:06:44,333 --> 00:06:46,000 fragrant you can imagine insects 161 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,866 coming and taking advantage of that nectar. 162 00:06:49,866 --> 00:06:53,466 Jim: No relation to the wild honeysuckle? 163 00:06:53,466 --> 00:06:55,233 Rudy: Sometimes this gets called Wild Honeysuckle 164 00:06:55,233 --> 00:06:56,633 by lots of people. 165 00:06:56,633 --> 00:06:58,566 The flowers are kind of honeysuckle looking 166 00:06:58,566 --> 00:07:03,266 but it is one of the azaleas really doing 167 00:07:03,266 --> 00:07:05,966 well in the sandy situations. 168 00:07:05,966 --> 00:07:06,766 Now we were talking about the fact that 169 00:07:06,766 --> 00:07:09,333 longleaf pines dominate here. 170 00:07:09,333 --> 00:07:11,366 Tree wise there's a tree that's tough enough 171 00:07:11,366 --> 00:07:15,333 to grow here fairly well one of the Oaks. 172 00:07:15,333 --> 00:07:18,766 Common name usually Black Jack Oak, 173 00:07:18,766 --> 00:07:21,400 and not generally a very tall tree. 174 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:24,633 That's a young one it's gonna get bigger, 175 00:07:24,633 --> 00:07:27,266 but able to live well in fairly dry soils. 176 00:07:27,266 --> 00:07:29,266 Yeah, and the leafs 177 00:07:29,266 --> 00:07:30,866 usually a larger on the small trees 178 00:07:30,866 --> 00:07:33,700 trying to get more energy from sunlight 179 00:07:33,700 --> 00:07:37,833 so they can grow taller. 180 00:07:37,833 --> 00:07:39,633 There's another plant I look at that little thing 181 00:07:39,633 --> 00:07:41,966 hard to see look at the flower coming up 182 00:07:41,966 --> 00:07:43,933 and leaves down at the base of the one 183 00:07:43,933 --> 00:07:45,866 of the carnivorous plants. So tiny Sundew 184 00:07:45,866 --> 00:07:48,100 was the common name, little dewdrops 185 00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:49,766 almost on the ends of those leaves. 186 00:07:49,766 --> 00:07:52,600 And that sticky stuff grabs 187 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:55,266 insects the leaf actually folds up 188 00:07:55,266 --> 00:07:57,433 Jim: Sundew is rare, but this other 189 00:07:57,433 --> 00:07:59,800 grass looking vegetation it 190 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:00,833 looks quite common. 191 00:08:00,833 --> 00:08:01,633 Rudy: Yeah, look at it all over the place. 192 00:08:01,633 --> 00:08:03,833 In fact, that's not a grass 193 00:08:03,833 --> 00:08:06,733 at all that's longleaf pine just 194 00:08:06,733 --> 00:08:08,266 getting started that's the grass 195 00:08:08,266 --> 00:08:11,000 stage it's called have that long leaf pine. 196 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:12,866 197 00:08:12,866 --> 00:08:14,433 Isn't that amazing coming up here is one of the 198 00:08:14,433 --> 00:08:16,033 adaptations to the fire that comes 199 00:08:16,033 --> 00:08:17,900 through protects the terminal bud. 200 00:08:17,900 --> 00:08:19,933 So it'll continue to grow on up. 201 00:08:19,933 --> 00:08:21,433 Jim: So it will grow out of that a tree? 202 00:08:22,766 --> 00:08:24,233 Rudy: is one other flower out in looks 203 00:08:24,233 --> 00:08:27,566 like a road there white see the 204 00:08:27,566 --> 00:08:29,700 composite really one of the ones 205 00:08:29,700 --> 00:08:32,233 generally known as fleabane. And that's a 206 00:08:32,233 --> 00:08:33,633 species that does very well in the 207 00:08:33,633 --> 00:08:36,366 sandy soils growing in the open right 208 00:08:36,366 --> 00:08:38,000 along the road. And we just get on that road. 209 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,466 You follow it and see where it leads. 210 00:08:40,466 --> 00:08:49,566 ♪♪ 211 00:08:49,566 --> 00:08:51,233 Road like this does give you pretty good 212 00:08:51,233 --> 00:08:53,566 access to these plants very diverse 213 00:08:53,566 --> 00:08:57,400 without a solid canopy over head. 214 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:59,600 Jim: Burned over a lot of ferns and 215 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:00,600 what a beautiful day. 216 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:04,066 Rudy: So many things coming out and look 217 00:09:04,066 --> 00:09:05,533 over on the side look at that thing 218 00:09:05,533 --> 00:09:07,033 right up against the stump. Now that's a 219 00:09:07,033 --> 00:09:08,933 pretty good place for it to be one of 220 00:09:08,933 --> 00:09:10,833 the poisonous snakes. Common name 221 00:09:10,833 --> 00:09:12,666 for that is the copperhead. 222 00:09:13,366 --> 00:09:15,166 Jim: Is it easy to identify are the 223 00:09:15,166 --> 00:09:16,466 other snakes marked like this? 224 00:09:16,466 --> 00:09:18,300 Rudy: Not really anything that looks 225 00:09:18,300 --> 00:09:20,233 quite like this. You see those distinct 226 00:09:20,233 --> 00:09:23,366 dark cross bands sort of an hourglass 227 00:09:23,366 --> 00:09:25,033 shaped marking or dumbbell shaped 228 00:09:25,033 --> 00:09:27,666 marking that are very obvious against 229 00:09:27,666 --> 00:09:29,333 that lighter background typical 230 00:09:29,333 --> 00:09:31,966 of the of the copper head. And then of 231 00:09:31,966 --> 00:09:34,566 course the head itself is coppery brown. 232 00:09:34,566 --> 00:09:36,600 So the common name Copperhead makes sense. 233 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:39,100 One of the pit vipers now 234 00:09:39,100 --> 00:09:40,600 one of the poisonous snakes is very 235 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:41,933 common in the eastern United States. 236 00:09:41,933 --> 00:09:44,833 Look at the cat like pupil in the eye. 237 00:09:44,833 --> 00:09:47,633 And then between the eye and 238 00:09:47,633 --> 00:09:49,566 the nostril that other hole there is 239 00:09:49,566 --> 00:09:52,600 the pit that is sensitive, 240 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:54,966 you know the temperature changes 1/1000 of a 241 00:09:54,966 --> 00:09:56,433 degree Fahrenheit change in temperature, 242 00:09:56,433 --> 00:09:59,333 it can pick it up. And that gives 243 00:09:59,333 --> 00:10:01,700 a snake lots of information about 244 00:10:01,700 --> 00:10:03,966 potential food and the world around him. 245 00:10:03,966 --> 00:10:07,933 It feeds on mice, small birds, 246 00:10:07,933 --> 00:10:10,100 lizards, other snakes, and even 247 00:10:10,100 --> 00:10:12,666 eats lots of insects too. And that was really 248 00:10:12,666 --> 00:10:13,766 one of the reasons it's so 249 00:10:13,766 --> 00:10:16,300 widespread it feeds on just about any 250 00:10:16,300 --> 00:10:19,000 animal is small enough to swallow. 251 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,700 Of course, it has fangs and Venom 252 00:10:20,700 --> 00:10:22,666 bites more people than any poisonous 253 00:10:22,666 --> 00:10:25,033 snake in the eastern United States. 254 00:10:25,033 --> 00:10:27,433 Kills less than 1% of the people it bites, thank goodness. 255 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:30,100 Jim: Breathing very calmly, would it? 256 00:10:30,100 --> 00:10:31,633 Would it strike at us if we weren't real close? 257 00:10:31,633 --> 00:10:34,700 Rudy: I really doubt it. We're too big 258 00:10:34,700 --> 00:10:37,333 for it to eat. So we're potential 259 00:10:37,333 --> 00:10:39,200 danger you'd rather not come in contact with us. 260 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:40,666 I imagine it would just stay 261 00:10:40,666 --> 00:10:41,966 right there and allow us to walk 262 00:10:41,966 --> 00:10:44,400 right by fairly quiet animal isn't it? 263 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:45,666 Even though it is a poisonous snake. 264 00:10:45,666 --> 00:10:47,333 But whenever you see a snake like that, 265 00:10:47,333 --> 00:10:48,600 and you're not sure what kind it is, 266 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:50,700 it's best to treat it like it's poisonous. 267 00:10:50,700 --> 00:10:54,266 Which means of course, leave it alone. 268 00:10:54,266 --> 00:10:55,866 Jim: You might walk read by unnoticed. 269 00:10:55,866 --> 00:10:57,633 Rudy: That's a beautiful animal. I 270 00:10:57,633 --> 00:10:59,033 saw something else over there. 271 00:10:59,033 --> 00:11:01,233 There's another pitcher plant. Why don't we 272 00:11:01,233 --> 00:11:02,633 see if we can work our way around this 273 00:11:02,633 --> 00:11:04,300 way and get a closer look at it okay. 274 00:11:04,300 --> 00:11:15,900 ♪♪ 275 00:11:15,900 --> 00:11:18,733 See more signs of the fire in here. 276 00:11:18,733 --> 00:11:21,566 Dead leaves on the pines and other things. 277 00:11:21,566 --> 00:11:22,800 Jim: Does it help the some of the 278 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:24,200 plants with the fire? 279 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:26,066 Rudy: Well, the shrub zone is gone. 280 00:11:26,066 --> 00:11:28,166 So herbaceous plants come up pretty well. 281 00:11:28,166 --> 00:11:30,033 But of course, it kills some of the young trees, 282 00:11:30,033 --> 00:11:31,733 there's Red Bay, see the brown leaves. 283 00:11:31,733 --> 00:11:34,433 One of those bays we were talking about, 284 00:11:34,433 --> 00:11:35,933 it's been killed back pretty badly. 285 00:11:35,933 --> 00:11:38,033 But once the shade is gone, 286 00:11:38,033 --> 00:11:40,900 as we said those ferns come up. 287 00:11:40,900 --> 00:11:42,033 And they're the pitcher plants that 288 00:11:42,033 --> 00:11:44,566 I saw from the road, another species now. 289 00:11:44,566 --> 00:11:46,266 Trumpet pitcher plant 290 00:11:46,266 --> 00:11:48,433 is the common name. 291 00:11:48,433 --> 00:11:51,133 For this one. You see the modified leaves 292 00:11:51,133 --> 00:11:52,600 are much taller, and they'll get a little 293 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:54,966 taller than this. But look at that space, 294 00:11:54,966 --> 00:11:56,433 you can look really right down 295 00:11:56,433 --> 00:11:57,933 into the throat of that and imagine 296 00:11:57,933 --> 00:12:00,500 insects being attracted in, going down. 297 00:12:00,500 --> 00:12:02,466 It's very slippery in there. 298 00:12:02,466 --> 00:12:04,500 Hair's pointing down. So once you 299 00:12:04,500 --> 00:12:06,033 lose your balance, you go down into 300 00:12:06,033 --> 00:12:07,966 fluid at the bottom of that modified 301 00:12:07,966 --> 00:12:10,833 leaf and get digested. I don't see any. 302 00:12:10,833 --> 00:12:12,866 303 00:12:12,866 --> 00:12:14,400 Yeah, when it gets a little bit taller. 304 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,333 Getting nutrients from the 305 00:12:17,333 --> 00:12:19,133 body of the animal kind of turning the 306 00:12:19,133 --> 00:12:21,333 tables on the animals. I usually think 307 00:12:21,333 --> 00:12:22,800 of animals eating plants. 308 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:26,033 This is a plant that gets rid of animals. 309 00:12:26,033 --> 00:12:28,566 Look at now the clumps of material all around it too. 310 00:12:28,566 --> 00:12:30,566 Dried out a little bit in the sunlight. 311 00:12:30,566 --> 00:12:33,333 But that spagna moss see it 312 00:12:33,333 --> 00:12:35,266 all over the place here. Sure it gives 313 00:12:35,266 --> 00:12:37,566 you a feeling that there's water below. 314 00:12:37,566 --> 00:12:39,966 A lot of these Bay situations the water 315 00:12:39,966 --> 00:12:41,900 is really right under the surface. 316 00:12:41,900 --> 00:12:43,433 If you dig down a little you can feel 317 00:12:43,433 --> 00:12:45,566 the moisture and it's in a sense. 318 00:12:45,566 --> 00:12:48,633 It's kind of a boggy area. 00:12:49,966 This would be much drier though.> 320 00:12:49,966 --> 00:12:52,433 Probably so but again water 321 00:12:52,433 --> 00:12:55,000 underneath that is also called peat 322 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,000 moss that spagna moss is referred to 323 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:00,400 often as peat moss. I'm looking yep, 324 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:02,700 there it is. Right over there. 325 00:13:02,700 --> 00:13:05,566 See right over there. There is the venus 326 00:13:05,566 --> 00:13:07,866 flytrap there is a carnivorous plant 327 00:13:07,866 --> 00:13:11,000 that to me, is so unique to the two 328 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,700 Carolinas found nowhere else in the world. 329 00:13:13,700 --> 00:13:15,366 Jim: And that's the one I hear about 330 00:13:15,366 --> 00:13:18,633 people used to steal it, in essence, take it home. 331 00:13:18,633 --> 00:13:20,566 Rudy: We're losing a lot in the wild. 332 00:13:20,566 --> 00:13:22,600 Found only in North and South Carolina. 333 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:24,300 And that's one of the very 334 00:13:24,300 --> 00:13:26,066 active traps those pitcher plants are 335 00:13:26,066 --> 00:13:27,566 very passive. They just sit and wait 336 00:13:27,566 --> 00:13:29,666 for the insect that little thing has 337 00:13:29,666 --> 00:13:31,000 triggering hairs. Those aren't big 338 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:32,300 enough for us to really get to 339 00:13:32,300 --> 00:13:33,566 hopefully we'll see one larger in a moment. 340 00:13:33,566 --> 00:13:34,966 We can play with those hairs and 341 00:13:34,966 --> 00:13:37,633 see if we can get that leaf to to close up. 342 00:13:38,133 --> 00:13:39,566 Jim: Rudy it's so important to walk 343 00:13:39,566 --> 00:13:41,100 with respect because there's so many 344 00:13:41,100 --> 00:13:42,133 fragile plants. 345 00:13:42,133 --> 00:13:43,166 Rudy: Yeah, it really is best to 346 00:13:43,166 --> 00:13:44,933 spend most of your time on trails just get 347 00:13:44,933 --> 00:13:47,100 off every now and then. There's so much 348 00:13:47,100 --> 00:13:48,300 that you really can't see until you 349 00:13:48,300 --> 00:13:49,266 slow down I was just looking down in 350 00:13:49,266 --> 00:13:50,333 front here with one pitcher plant that 351 00:13:50,333 --> 00:13:50,800 we totally overlooked. Yeah, 352 00:13:53,333 --> 00:13:56,233 see the way the the picture on that one 353 00:13:56,233 --> 00:13:58,366 is basically flat against the ground 354 00:13:58,366 --> 00:13:59,800 instead of standing straight up like 355 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:02,200 those others that we've seen. 356 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:03,866 Purple pitcher plant is one name for that 357 00:14:03,866 --> 00:14:06,533 hunters horn is another one. 358 00:14:06,533 --> 00:14:07,833 And with it down against the ground like 359 00:14:07,833 --> 00:14:09,200 that, look at that wide opening that 360 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:11,633 just feels with rain water and insects 361 00:14:11,633 --> 00:14:14,633 drowned in that a lot of times and are 362 00:14:14,633 --> 00:14:16,300 digested by the fluid inside. 363 00:14:16,300 --> 00:14:17,666 You can even see the hairs on that one 364 00:14:17,666 --> 00:14:19,966 very clearly pointing in toward the trap. 365 00:14:19,966 --> 00:14:21,966 Jim: Why did they do so much better in 366 00:14:21,966 --> 00:14:23,166 these areas than anywhere else? 367 00:14:23,166 --> 00:14:25,133 Rudy: Snuggeled up next to the spagna 368 00:14:25,133 --> 00:14:27,333 moss which gives them moisture even 369 00:14:27,333 --> 00:14:29,466 in fairly dry weather. Saw a little 370 00:14:29,466 --> 00:14:31,866 dragon over here. Let me just see if I 371 00:14:31,866 --> 00:14:34,000 can scoop that a little bit. 372 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,033 Yeah, one of the looks like one of the 373 00:14:36,033 --> 00:14:37,866 saddlebags dragonflies let me 374 00:14:37,866 --> 00:14:40,200 see if I can just reach in and get it 375 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:42,466 in hand and we'll take close look at 376 00:14:42,466 --> 00:14:44,800 it and for sure, that's the one known 377 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,166 as the saddlebags Dragonfly. 378 00:14:47,166 --> 00:14:49,733 Jim: Why is it called the saddlebags dragonfly? 379 00:14:49,733 --> 00:14:52,533 Rudy: Thoes large dark markings on the base 380 00:14:52,533 --> 00:14:53,933 of the hind wings when the wings are 381 00:14:53,933 --> 00:14:56,033 spread look like saddlebags bouncing 382 00:14:56,033 --> 00:14:57,633 off of an old Pony Express rider riding rapidly. 383 00:14:57,633 --> 00:14:59,833 Jim: What's the more scientific common name? 384 00:14:59,833 --> 00:15:03,033 Tramea Carolina. Carolina after the 385 00:15:03,033 --> 00:15:04,700 fact that it was first described here 386 00:15:04,700 --> 00:15:07,700 in the Carolinas sort of a reddish 387 00:15:07,700 --> 00:15:11,600 orange abdomen there and then those nice 388 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:14,133 wings interesting the nation and then 389 00:15:14,133 --> 00:15:17,000 of course the eyes that giant eyes on 390 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,133 this animal using those eyes to find 391 00:15:19,133 --> 00:15:23,266 mates and also to find food. 392 00:15:23,266 --> 00:15:27,266 Recycling insects in this area here. Big eyes and 393 00:15:27,266 --> 00:15:28,900 then also not only do you have to have 394 00:15:28,900 --> 00:15:31,900 eyes to see him look at the legs Jim, 395 00:15:31,900 --> 00:15:33,366 two group that are held together kind of 396 00:15:33,366 --> 00:15:35,133 like a basket fly through the air the 397 00:15:35,133 --> 00:15:37,200 greatest of ease picking off insects 398 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:39,266 and changing them in the dragonfly. 399 00:15:39,266 --> 00:15:41,533 It's our friend spectacular animal. 400 00:15:41,533 --> 00:15:43,966 Jim: Some viewers might argue it's not an animal. 401 00:15:43,966 --> 00:15:46,233 Rudy: It's an animal an insect too, 402 00:15:46,233 --> 00:15:48,166 really you can you can classify it in a 403 00:15:48,166 --> 00:15:50,300 variety of ways. But animal no question about it. 404 00:15:50,300 --> 00:15:52,666 Let's just see. Look at that. 405 00:15:52,666 --> 00:15:54,500 Beautiful. Yeah, when the wings are 406 00:15:54,500 --> 00:15:56,066 spread the saddlebags look is a 407 00:15:56,066 --> 00:15:58,533 little clearer. Look at that. Isn't that amazing? 408 00:15:58,533 --> 00:16:02,233 Come on, scoot off. Yeah. Great fliers. 409 00:16:02,233 --> 00:16:05,066 Jim: I'm looking in the tree I see there. Yeah, 410 00:16:05,066 --> 00:16:05,966 Rudy: That's a head red headed 411 00:16:05,966 --> 00:16:07,566 woodpecker looking out of that hole. 412 00:16:07,566 --> 00:16:10,266 Look at that brilliant red. 413 00:16:10,266 --> 00:16:11,766 And when it comes out, look as he moves out 414 00:16:11,766 --> 00:16:14,033 of that hole. You can see not only is 415 00:16:14,033 --> 00:16:16,900 the entire head red, but there's dark 416 00:16:16,900 --> 00:16:18,266 behind that and then look at all that 417 00:16:18,266 --> 00:16:20,433 white, brilliant white. Really when it flies. 418 00:16:20,433 --> 00:16:22,066 It's a band across the 419 00:16:22,066 --> 00:16:23,800 middle of the body. 00:16:24,800 headed woodpecker?> The red headed 421 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:26,833 woodpecker that is using that as a nest 422 00:16:26,833 --> 00:16:28,733 hole going back yellow, hidden back 423 00:16:28,733 --> 00:16:30,300 inside probably cleaning it out a 424 00:16:30,300 --> 00:16:32,200 little bit. A lot of woodpeckers have a 425 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:34,033 little red on the head. Red Headed woodpecker 426 00:16:34,033 --> 00:16:35,766 has a solid red head and 427 00:16:35,766 --> 00:16:39,566 both male and female Oh man that's nice. 428 00:16:39,566 --> 00:16:41,433 Doing very well right here in this 429 00:16:41,433 --> 00:16:43,966 longleaf pine forest. Why don't we 430 00:16:43,966 --> 00:16:45,566 head out this way. See what else we can 431 00:16:45,566 --> 00:16:47,333 see and watch out where you put your feet. 432 00:16:47,333 --> 00:16:48,833 Jim: Being careful as we walk. 433 00:16:48,833 --> 00:16:55,833 ♪♪ 434 00:16:55,833 --> 00:16:57,333 Rudy: This area really does begin to 435 00:16:57,333 --> 00:16:59,733 open up usually called a place like 436 00:16:59,733 --> 00:17:04,133 this as Savannah grasses dominating here. 437 00:17:04,133 --> 00:17:06,933 A lot of broom sedge coming out in here. 438 00:17:06,933 --> 00:17:08,766 439 00:17:08,766 --> 00:17:11,700 Yeah, a little extra moisture 440 00:17:11,700 --> 00:17:13,866 underground here. Look at the treess. 441 00:17:13,866 --> 00:17:15,500 Now here's a strange one 442 00:17:15,500 --> 00:17:17,700 clusters, see them out here. 443 00:17:17,700 --> 00:17:20,433 Of an oak and oak that's an oak running oak 444 00:17:20,433 --> 00:17:22,266 is the common name and usually it runs 445 00:17:22,266 --> 00:17:24,066 along the ground low to the ground, 446 00:17:24,066 --> 00:17:26,966 rather than coming up. Very tall, 447 00:17:26,966 --> 00:17:28,133 like that black jack oak that we were looking at. 448 00:17:28,133 --> 00:17:30,000 449 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:34,100 Yeah. And there is another one 450 00:17:34,100 --> 00:17:36,166 of the pitcher plants. Wow, with a 451 00:17:36,166 --> 00:17:37,633 burgundy flower. Yeah, isn't that interesting? 452 00:17:37,633 --> 00:17:39,233 And you see the sepals and the petals 453 00:17:39,233 --> 00:17:41,566 again are colorful, a little insect 454 00:17:41,566 --> 00:17:43,300 flying around those flowers a little bit. 455 00:17:43,300 --> 00:17:45,966 But you see the little 456 00:17:45,966 --> 00:17:48,033 pitchers on that not very large not as 457 00:17:48,033 --> 00:17:50,233 large as some we've seen before. 458 00:17:50,233 --> 00:17:52,666 Sweet pitcher plant is one name for it. 459 00:17:52,666 --> 00:17:54,100 Red pitcher plant is another name I 460 00:17:54,100 --> 00:17:57,133 suppose referring to the flowers and also 461 00:17:57,133 --> 00:17:59,866 to a little bit of red on the on the pitcher's. 462 00:18:00,266 --> 00:18:02,066 Jim: This is another pitcher plant well 463 00:18:02,066 --> 00:18:03,066 the carnivorous plants. 464 00:18:03,066 --> 00:18:04,466 Rudy: Sarracenia is the genus name we've 465 00:18:04,466 --> 00:18:08,666 seen four species of that same genus 466 00:18:08,666 --> 00:18:11,433 doing well here. Now there's some last 467 00:18:11,433 --> 00:18:13,933 year's fruit look at the little vases. 468 00:18:13,933 --> 00:18:15,433 Let's see those little vases there 469 00:18:15,433 --> 00:18:16,466 that were once filled with seed. 470 00:18:16,466 --> 00:18:18,433 Jim: Now that's dried out from last year? 471 00:18:18,433 --> 00:18:19,833 Rudy: That's a plant called meadow beauty. 472 00:18:19,833 --> 00:18:22,600 Savannah is a very much like wet 473 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:24,600 meadows and meadow beauty comes in and 474 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:26,666 does well easy to identify even 475 00:18:26,666 --> 00:18:30,833 without flowers on. And I can look at this. 476 00:18:30,833 --> 00:18:32,000 Can't you believe this? 477 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,733 Look at the dragonfly. Perched on the medow beauty, 478 00:18:34,733 --> 00:18:37,800 over there. Species name on that 479 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:40,366 is semi fasci Ada, not quite banded, 480 00:18:40,366 --> 00:18:43,500 but almost banded all the way across those wings. 481 00:18:43,500 --> 00:18:44,700 Jim: Not much different in size 482 00:18:44,700 --> 00:18:46,433 from the previous saddlebags. 483 00:18:46,433 --> 00:18:47,533 Rudy: Right. Yeah, this one's a little 484 00:18:47,533 --> 00:18:49,133 more fresh though. It's still there. 485 00:18:49,500 --> 00:18:51,166 Many wings are still glistening, still 486 00:18:51,166 --> 00:18:54,433 getting used to flight. And one other 487 00:18:54,433 --> 00:18:55,933 strange one. Here's another one 488 00:18:55,933 --> 00:18:58,200 of the grasses see with the curled end on it. 489 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:00,300 twisting around a little bit. 490 00:19:00,500 --> 00:19:02,733 Tooth ache grass is 491 00:19:02,733 --> 00:19:04,000 the common name for that. And usually 492 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,000 when you see that, you figure Gee, 493 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:07,600 there's a savanna area there because 494 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:11,133 it does very well in these pine savannas. 495 00:19:11,133 --> 00:19:13,033 And last year's fruit. 496 00:19:13,033 --> 00:19:15,033 Jim: Has to be a reason why it's 497 00:19:15,033 --> 00:19:15,966 called toothache grass. 498 00:19:15,966 --> 00:19:18,466 Rudy: Well again, it's crushable it is 499 00:19:18,466 --> 00:19:21,766 aromatic and deadens the pain of of toothaches. 500 00:19:21,766 --> 00:19:23,700 That's one of the uses for 501 00:19:23,700 --> 00:19:26,333 that net amazed so much here. And right in 502 00:19:26,333 --> 00:19:27,900 in front of us here. Look at the 503 00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:30,400 orange milk wort brilliant orange on 504 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:33,133 that group of flowers there right 505 00:19:33,133 --> 00:19:36,300 here in in the trail. So much to see 506 00:19:36,300 --> 00:19:38,500 in a place like this and habitats 507 00:19:38,500 --> 00:19:40,500 change a little bit. 508 00:19:40,500 --> 00:19:42,300 Whoa right in the ditch there look 509 00:19:42,300 --> 00:19:44,933 in the water. Oh my there is a relative 510 00:19:44,933 --> 00:19:47,100 of that Copperhead that we saw earlier. 511 00:19:47,100 --> 00:19:49,966 Common Name, Eastern cottonmouth. 512 00:19:49,966 --> 00:19:50,933 Look at the size of the head. 513 00:19:50,933 --> 00:19:53,166 Jim: That behavior is so different from 514 00:19:53,166 --> 00:19:54,500 anything I've seen on a snake. 515 00:19:54,500 --> 00:19:55,900 Rudy: The markings resemble the 516 00:19:55,900 --> 00:19:57,500 copperhead markings a little bit but 517 00:19:57,500 --> 00:19:59,633 they're not quite so obvious on the 518 00:19:59,633 --> 00:20:02,433 eastern cottonmouth same genus as the 519 00:20:02,433 --> 00:20:05,166 copperhead different species. 520 00:20:05,166 --> 00:20:06,900 Yeah, and really enjoys the 521 00:20:06,900 --> 00:20:08,666 water really enjoys the water looking at 522 00:20:08,666 --> 00:20:10,200 him now coiling up now he's seen as 523 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:11,633 he's a little bothered by us 524 00:20:11,633 --> 00:20:12,966 flattening his body a little bit look 525 00:20:12,966 --> 00:20:14,933 the way the mouth opens up. he did 526 00:20:14,933 --> 00:20:17,033 name cotton mouth look at that didn't 527 00:20:17,033 --> 00:20:18,466 get to that he's 528 00:20:18,466 --> 00:20:21,366 Jim: He's hostile enough looking as it is. 529 00:20:21,366 --> 00:20:23,033 Rudy: Almost. Well, lots of snakes have 530 00:20:23,033 --> 00:20:24,433 white linings in the mouth. This is the 531 00:20:24,433 --> 00:20:25,833 only one that shows you the lining and 532 00:20:25,833 --> 00:20:26,833 even when you don't want to see it, 533 00:20:26,833 --> 00:20:28,966 fangs not pulled down at all. 534 00:20:28,966 --> 00:20:30,566 It can control whether the fines come down or not. 535 00:20:30,566 --> 00:20:32,600 But obviously a poisonous snake one 536 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:34,033 of those pit vipers look at the tail 537 00:20:34,033 --> 00:20:36,066 vibrating down there, splashing in 538 00:20:36,066 --> 00:20:38,366 the water a little bit. And again, 539 00:20:38,366 --> 00:20:40,833 that's typical of the cotton mouth and 540 00:20:40,833 --> 00:20:44,200 the copperhead vibrating the tail 541 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:45,466 and of course another pit Viper. 542 00:20:45,466 --> 00:20:46,600 Does that rattlesnake 543 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:48,500 rattlesnakes. It's almost as if he were 544 00:20:48,500 --> 00:20:49,966 related to the redness it is a 545 00:20:49,966 --> 00:20:51,733 relationship. They're all pit 546 00:20:51,733 --> 00:20:54,300 vipers vibrate their tails when they get bothered. 547 00:20:54,300 --> 00:20:57,300 Magnificent animal 548 00:20:57,300 --> 00:20:59,233 that's usually called the low land 549 00:20:59,233 --> 00:21:01,200 or water moccasin the copperhead 550 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,766 referred to as the high land or a 551 00:21:03,766 --> 00:21:06,366 moccasin or the copperhead poisonous 552 00:21:06,366 --> 00:21:07,700 snake good to be aware of that. 553 00:21:07,700 --> 00:21:09,000 Jim: Always been told they're an 554 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:10,966 aggressive snake and I would believe that now. 555 00:21:10,966 --> 00:21:12,333 Rudy: Well they stand their ground 556 00:21:12,333 --> 00:21:13,433 they don't really come at you they 557 00:21:13,433 --> 00:21:14,800 stand their ground. Why don't we just 558 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:16,933 walk around it here and see what we can 559 00:21:16,933 --> 00:21:17,633 see further on. 560 00:21:17,633 --> 00:21:31,533 ♪♪ 561 00:21:31,533 --> 00:21:32,900 We are back on a little bit of a 562 00:21:32,900 --> 00:21:36,166 sandy area now. At the edge of the bay 563 00:21:36,166 --> 00:21:40,733 again Jim, shrub zone here it's really great. 564 00:21:40,733 --> 00:21:42,633 Jim: I said earlier how mysterious these 565 00:21:42,633 --> 00:21:44,600 bays are but the plants that surround 566 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:46,133 them are a rather exciting. 567 00:21:46,133 --> 00:21:47,333 Rudy: Yeah, they really are and very 568 00:21:47,333 --> 00:21:48,500 diverse and you don't find them everywhere. 569 00:21:48,500 --> 00:21:50,333 But look at the thick vegetation. 570 00:21:50,333 --> 00:21:52,966 So typical of bays. 571 00:21:52,966 --> 00:21:55,066 It's argued about how bays formed but 572 00:21:55,066 --> 00:21:57,466 after they got their vegetation moved in 573 00:21:57,466 --> 00:21:59,766 and most of the bays now that once had 574 00:21:59,766 --> 00:22:02,033 water in them are now solid vegetation. 575 00:22:02,033 --> 00:22:04,066 The pines coming up out 576 00:22:04,066 --> 00:22:06,166 there are no longer longleaf pines, 577 00:22:06,166 --> 00:22:08,500 those are called Pond pines and they 578 00:22:08,500 --> 00:22:11,700 do very well in that situation. 579 00:22:11,700 --> 00:22:14,333 I see another one of the bays here too. 580 00:22:14,333 --> 00:22:19,700 See the sweetbay which is in fact one of 581 00:22:19,700 --> 00:22:22,700 the magnolias didn't really look that way 582 00:22:22,700 --> 00:22:23,833 at the moment. But look over there you 583 00:22:23,833 --> 00:22:26,733 can see the fruit to the old tells you 584 00:22:26,733 --> 00:22:28,566 really Yeah, that's Magnolia, no doubt about it. 585 00:22:28,566 --> 00:22:30,666 And then another shrubby 586 00:22:30,666 --> 00:22:33,466 plant that's coming in here is pepper 587 00:22:33,466 --> 00:22:35,766 Bush doing very well see last year's 588 00:22:35,766 --> 00:22:37,400 fruit on it. 00:22:39,300 call it pepper Bush?> pepper corn look of 590 00:22:39,300 --> 00:22:41,166 the fruit fruit. It'll have white 591 00:22:41,166 --> 00:22:42,466 flowers later that really are 592 00:22:42,466 --> 00:22:45,266 attractive to insects, and so many shrubby 593 00:22:45,266 --> 00:22:48,233 species that do well in the bay. 594 00:22:48,233 --> 00:22:50,400 And then right on the edge. very showy lavender. 595 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:52,466 Oh my goodness. What does 596 00:22:52,466 --> 00:22:53,366 that look like? What's that flower 597 00:22:53,366 --> 00:22:54,666 look like to you? 598 00:22:54,666 --> 00:22:56,633 Jim: Is it a laurel? 599 00:22:56,633 --> 00:22:58,900 Rudy: Looks like mountain laurel 600 00:22:58,900 --> 00:23:00,766 except we're not in the mountains and 601 00:23:00,766 --> 00:23:02,700 the flowers are smaller. This one is 602 00:23:02,700 --> 00:23:04,600 called a sheep Laurel or sheep kill. 603 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:07,300 It is a poisonous plant and 604 00:23:07,300 --> 00:23:09,533 it is a relative of mountain laurel the 605 00:23:09,533 --> 00:23:12,066 same genus Kalmia. But a different 606 00:23:12,066 --> 00:23:14,366 species and groups of those small 607 00:23:14,366 --> 00:23:17,100 flowers beautiful when you get a close 608 00:23:17,100 --> 00:23:18,966 look at them like this. But ringing the 609 00:23:18,966 --> 00:23:22,066 edge it looks like of the of the bay. 610 00:23:22,066 --> 00:23:25,800 Strange, very interesting plant 611 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:27,500 some that you would expect here and some 612 00:23:27,500 --> 00:23:29,900 that got or throw back in a sense or 613 00:23:29,900 --> 00:23:32,400 relatives at least in mountain 614 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:34,933 Yeah, so much to see a little movement 615 00:23:34,933 --> 00:23:36,400 down here. Let me see if I can, little toad. 616 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:38,800 617 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:42,300 Well here, probably the oak toad. Let me see. 618 00:23:42,300 --> 00:23:43,800 Let me just reach in and get in. This 619 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:47,766 is really a very small toad. And yet this 620 00:23:47,766 --> 00:23:51,333 is the adult Jim. Yeah, 621 00:23:51,333 --> 00:23:52,700 Pretty easy to 622 00:23:52,700 --> 00:23:54,666 identify by the size and that light 623 00:23:54,666 --> 00:23:56,233 stripe right down the center of the 624 00:23:56,233 --> 00:23:59,466 back with dark markings on both sides. 625 00:24:00,566 --> 00:24:01,566 Jim: You're not hurting him? 626 00:24:01,566 --> 00:24:03,166 Rudy: Not really. I shouldn't let him 627 00:24:03,166 --> 00:24:04,800 dry out too much. But you see the way 628 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:06,266 he's breathing there with that throat 629 00:24:06,266 --> 00:24:08,633 bringing in air through the nostrils 630 00:24:08,633 --> 00:24:10,700 and into the Lungs. Long, we keep him 631 00:24:10,700 --> 00:24:11,900 from drying out. I think we'll be alright. 632 00:24:11,900 --> 00:24:13,800 But this one is typical of 633 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:16,300 savannas and bays in this part of the 634 00:24:16,300 --> 00:24:18,233 southeastern United States. 635 00:24:18,233 --> 00:24:19,533 Jim: What's his name again? 636 00:24:19,533 --> 00:24:21,933 Rudy: Oak toad. Be a good common name for it. 637 00:24:21,933 --> 00:24:23,100 Just putting him right here. 638 00:24:23,100 --> 00:24:25,166 Jim: Eats small insects. 639 00:24:25,166 --> 00:24:26,433 Rudy: Yeah, it seems to find plenty 640 00:24:26,433 --> 00:24:28,100 because he does very well in this situation. 641 00:24:28,100 --> 00:24:37,766 ♪♪ 642 00:24:37,766 --> 00:24:39,466 I recall there's a little depression up here. 643 00:24:39,466 --> 00:24:42,400 are some pretty good size 644 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,233 Venus fly traps in it. 00:24:45,766 show me how they worked.> Yeah, let 646 00:24:45,766 --> 00:24:46,800 me get down there and see if we can 647 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:50,366 get one of those to close up and see if 648 00:24:50,366 --> 00:24:52,000 I can get this stick in position, Jim, I 649 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:53,500 think this will work. A little 650 00:24:53,500 --> 00:24:56,700 triggering here is on the inside. Look 651 00:24:56,700 --> 00:24:58,233 at this, look at it. Look at that see, 652 00:24:58,533 --> 00:25:01,000 closes right up. Again, if an insect 653 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:02,166 or spider or whatever was in there, 654 00:25:02,166 --> 00:25:04,533 after it was caught and trapped 655 00:25:04,533 --> 00:25:06,866 by that little trap, then digestive fluid 656 00:25:06,866 --> 00:25:08,800 would be produced closes very quickly. 657 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:10,600 Yeah, pretty rapid. This is an active 658 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:12,333 trap not passive. Oops, look at that. 659 00:25:12,333 --> 00:25:14,966 It's not a passive trap like the 660 00:25:14,966 --> 00:25:16,466 pitcher plants and see it's hard to 661 00:25:16,466 --> 00:25:18,066 look at this hard to get that little stick out. 662 00:25:18,066 --> 00:25:19,900 Jim: Will it stay closed for quite some time? 663 00:25:19,900 --> 00:25:21,566 Rudy: Stay closed, but since 664 00:25:21,566 --> 00:25:23,033 there's nothing in there, it'll open up and 665 00:25:23,033 --> 00:25:26,100 these leaves can close and open and 666 00:25:26,100 --> 00:25:28,300 close and open up to 10 times before they 667 00:25:28,300 --> 00:25:30,666 die and then another leaf is produced. 668 00:25:30,666 --> 00:25:32,766 It is kind of 669 00:25:32,766 --> 00:25:35,433 strange isn't almost a primitive trap line. 670 00:25:35,433 --> 00:25:37,833 I've heard it called, a lot of 671 00:25:37,833 --> 00:25:39,333 carnivorous plants today. 672 00:25:39,333 --> 00:25:41,100 Venus Flytrap and 673 00:25:41,100 --> 00:25:42,266 there's another one really over there we 674 00:25:42,266 --> 00:25:43,733 haven't talked about yet one called Butterwort. 675 00:25:43,733 --> 00:25:45,666 Look at the leaves at the 676 00:25:45,666 --> 00:25:47,133 base that kind of fold up on the edges, 677 00:25:47,133 --> 00:25:50,166 waxy leaves it slowly fold over 678 00:25:50,166 --> 00:25:52,400 and trapping insects and a really pretty 679 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:54,266 flower on the top. 680 00:25:54,266 --> 00:25:55,466 Jim: Rudy there's so many wonderful 681 00:25:55,466 --> 00:25:57,100 things here at Cartwheel Bay. 682 00:25:57,100 --> 00:25:58,500 Rudy: Special plants and animals that 683 00:25:58,500 --> 00:26:00,100 like we've seen here deserve special 684 00:26:00,100 --> 00:26:02,133 protection you need to protect their homes, 685 00:26:02,133 --> 00:26:03,666 their habitats, and thank 686 00:26:03,666 --> 00:26:04,900 goodness people do that around the 687 00:26:04,900 --> 00:26:06,500 United States. In this case, 688 00:26:06,500 --> 00:26:09,233 specifically the Nature Conservancy at Cartwheel Bay. 689 00:26:09,233 --> 00:26:11,300 Jim: So many things to see here. 690 00:26:11,300 --> 00:26:13,400 Come see it for yourself. It's in eastern 691 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:16,233 South Carolina in Horry County. 692 00:26:16,233 --> 00:26:18,566 Thanks for being with us and join us again on 693 00:26:18,566 --> 00:26:19,800 the next Nature Scene. 694 00:26:19,800 --> 00:27:36,000 ♪♪ 695 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,200 Nature Scene is made possible in part by 696 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:41,933 viewer donations to the ETV Endowment of 697 00:27:41,933 --> 00:27:44,400 South Carolina. 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