Kayak Camping Picnic Key Everglades National Park
Everglades National Park HD
A Schlackman Short Movie
Everglades National Park: Coot Bay
Renting a kayak at the Flamingo marina in Everglades National Par, I paddle up a stretch of water to Coot Bay, and inland lake. Along the way I see a lot of mangrove trees and also get to see a couple of alligators along the banks.
Everglades Broad River campsite gator
After paddling the Wood River from Camp Lonesome to Broad River we find a gator guarding the campsite.
Huge Crocodile in the Everglades
A large crocodile takes in the sun at the Flamingo Campgroun in Everglades National Park.
DAY AT ▹ EVERGLADES SAFARI PARK - FLORIDA EVERGLADES | Vanelicious
Check out my new segment where I take you around Miami and show you some pretty cool stuff... Some only locals might know about! *wink wink*
The Everglades Safari Park is about 35 minutes away from the city of Miami. Although there are many parks and airboat tours, this one stood out to me because it had a bit more then just an airboat ride it had a park and a little show.
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》Price: ✸✸ ($20-Always check Groupon for deals)
》Overall Fun: ✸✸✸✸ (If you are a nature nerd like yours truly)
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Pack your bug spray and sunblock!
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Everglades ride to Coot Bay
Boating into Coot Bay from Flamingo
Enormous Python Caught in the Everglades Part 3
This ten foot python was caught as it slithered by the canal along the Tamiami Trail, just a few miles east of the Shark Valley entrance to Everglades National Park.
January 22, 2012
Shark Point Chickee
Our trip to Shark Point Chickee
Mountain Biking Tour near Long Pine Key in the Everglades
Mountain Biking Tour near Long Pine Key in the Everglades
American Crocodile
Everlades National Park
Islamorada FL Keys, Mangrove canal on Pontoon Boat
American Crocodile.mpg
News story I put together concerning the endangered American Crocodile.
Everglades Ft Lauridale crocodile park Florida
Everglades Ft Everglades Ft Lauridale crocodile park
Summer Fieldwork in Everglades National Park
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In this audio slideshow scientists cruise through tidal creeks, sample mangrove sites, pull sediment cores, and avoid swarms of mosquitoes while conducting studies and monitoring the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States, the Everglades.
Waterways Episode 268 - Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in South Florida
Sea level rise is submerging the coastal communities of Florida, and jeopardizing investments and the state economy. Along with the personal and financial loss of property, comes a loss of habitat and wildlife. Climate change is real and is impacting the people and the landscape of south Florida. What is happening here in south Florida is happening everywhere on the planet. Half the world's population lives within 60 miles of the coast; just about 3 to 6 feet above sea level. In 2007, Chris Bergh of The Nature Conservancy initiated a research project to identify impacts of sea level rise in the Florida Keys. They created digital models illustrating sea level rise scenarios from 7 inches to 4.6 feet to reflect the best available range of sea level rise for the year 2100.. Directed by Erik Hutchins. Presented by Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Everglades National Park and the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
American Alligator Hunting a Fish
15 April 2013 - American Alligator goes fishing in Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands at Viera. (Viera Wetlands)
The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), sometimes referred to colloquially as a gator or common alligator, is a large crocodilian reptile endemic to the Gulf and far south Atlantic states (southern North Carolina southward). It is one of two living species in the genus Alligator within the family Alligatoridae and larger than the other extant alligator species, the Chinese alligator. The American alligator is one of the largest species in the family, Alligatoridae, only second to the black caiman. It is a species in which the males measure 3.3 m (11 ft) to 4.6 m (15 ft) in length, and can weigh 453 kg (1,000 lb).[2][3] Females are smaller, measuring around 3 m (9.8 ft).[4] The American alligator inhabits freshwater wetlands, such as marshes and cypress swamps from Texas to North Carolina. It is distinguished from the sympatric American crocodile by its broader snout, with overlapping jaws and darker coloration, and is less tolerant of seawater but more tolerant of cooler climates than the American crocodile which is found only in tropical climates.
American alligators are apex predators and consume fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. Hatchlings feed mostly on invertebrates and small fish. Alligators also play important roles in wetland ecosystems through the creation of alligator holes which provide wetter or drier habitats for other organisms. During the breeding season, males bellow and use infrasound to attract females. Eggs are laid in a nest of vegetation, sticks, leaves, and mud in a sheltered spot in or near the water. Young are born with yellow bands around their bodies and are protected by their mother.
The American alligator is listed as Least Concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Historially, hunting has decimated their population and the American alligator was listed as an endangered species by the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Subsequent conservation efforts have allowed their numbers to increase and the species was removed from the list in 1987. Alligators are now harvested for their skins and meat. The species is the official state reptile of three states: Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi.
The American alligator was first classified by French zoologist François Marie Daudin as Crocodilus mississipiensis in 1801. Georges Cuvier classified the genus Alligator in 1807.[5] The American alligator shares this genus with the Chinese alligator. They are grouped in the family Alligatoridae with the caimans. The superfamily Alligatoroidea includes all crocodilians (fossil and extant) that are more closely related to the American alligator than to either the Nile crocodile or the gharial.[6] Members of this superfamily first arose in the Late Cretaceous. Leidyosuchus of Alberta is the earliest known genus. Fossil alligatoriods have been found throughout Eurasia as land bridges across both the North Atlantic and the Bering Strait have connected North America to Eurasia during the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods. Alligators and caimans spilt in North America during the late Cretaceous and the latter reached South America by the early Tertiary, before the closure of the Isthmus of Panama during the Mio-Pliocene era. The Chinese alligator likely descended from a linage that crossed Beringia during the late Tertiary. The modern American alligator is well represented in the fossil record of the Pleistocene.
Wild alligators range from long and slender to short and robust, possibly due to variations in factors like growth rate, diet and climate. Alligators have broad snouts, especially in captive individuals. When the jaws are closed, the edge of the upper jaws covers the lower teeth which fit into the jaws' depressions. Like the spectacled caiman, this species has a bony nasal ridge, though it is less prominent. The teeth number from 74--84. Dorsally, adult alligators may be olive, brown, gray or black in color while their undersides are cream colored.
Some alligators are missing an inhibited gene for melanin, which makes them albino. These alligators are extremely rare and almost impossible to find in the wild. They could survive only in captivity as they are very vulnerable to the sun and predators.
2008 Cane Patch 049
Amateur video of The Canepatch campsite in Everglades National Park.
Starts at the small dock, walking down the wooden walkway to the dry camp, then back out to the dock and boats. December 13th 2008
American Alligators Swimming In Pond - La Chua Trail - Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida
Large alligator swimming in Everglades.
Large alligator swimming in the Florida Everglades.