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| surfaces triumphantly |
.A Naturalist in Florida
| A man slowly snorkels down a crystalline spring-fed stream, carefully
searching the sandy bottom. Aquatic plants wave in the current, while wary fish keep an
eye on him. Suddenly he dives, and moments later surfaces triumphantly -- holding the
foot-long fossilized tooth of a mastodon. .....The man portrayed in this documentary re-creation is internationally renowned zoologist Archie Carr (1909-1987), who for over 60 years roamed the wild places of Florida. ....."A Naturalist in Florida" tells the story of Archie -- and of his favorite wild places and the creatures that live there. |
| Viewers of this one hour
program will
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 Watch a research team net
and tag big sturgeon in the Suwannee River |
| Walk the Atlantic beaches
of the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge to find nesting sea turtles. |
| See endangered wood storks raise their young at Corkscrew Swamp Preserve. |
| Join a park ranger in Everglades National Park for a "swamp tromp"
and a boat trip to the mangrove islands, refuge for thousands of birds. |
| Witness the flight of sand hill cranes across the open savanna of Paynes
Prairie State Park. |
| Listen to tree frogs "sing about sex," and see a corn snake climb a
pine tree. |
| Hear about the time their resident alligator chased Archie up a tree at the
family farm, and about Jasper the pet snapping turtle, who came when called. |
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