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CARLTON: It's been before my lifetime since the last female panther was documented north of the Caloosahatchee River. You can think of the Caloosahatchee River
as the dividing line {\an8}between the northern Everglades
and the southern Everglades. {\an8}And it looks like a line across a map {\an8}because it's been dredged
into a straight canal. {\an8}And that river has been
the northern limit {\an8}to the breeding population
of female panthers {\an8}for the past 50 years. {\an8}It's a formidable barrier
across that landscape, but you could imagine
standing on the edge of that and deciding to put your foot in
and take that swim. If we can capture the right image, we can show the world
who that panther is. That's going to be the spark that lights a much bigger fire
to save this whole corridor
as the dividing line {\an8}between the northern Everglades
and the southern Everglades. {\an8}And it looks like a line across a map {\an8}because it's been dredged
into a straight canal. {\an8}And that river has been
the northern limit {\an8}to the breeding population
of female panthers {\an8}for the past 50 years. {\an8}It's a formidable barrier
across that landscape, but you could imagine
standing on the edge of that and deciding to put your foot in
and take that swim. If we can capture the right image, we can show the world
who that panther is. That's going to be the spark that lights a much bigger fire
to save this whole corridor
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CARLTON: It's been before my lifetime
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since the last female panther was documented
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north of the Caloosahatchee River.
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You can think of the Caloosahatchee River
as the dividing line
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{\an8}between the northern Everglades
and the southern Everglades.
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{\an8}And it looks like a line across a map
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{\an8}because it's been dredged
into a straight canal.
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{\an8}And that river has been
the northern limit
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{\an8}to the breeding population
of female panthers
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{\an8}for the past 50 years.
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{\an8}It's a formidable barrier
across that landscape,
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but you could imagine
standing on the edge of that
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and deciding to put your foot in
and take that swim.
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If we can capture the right image,
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we can show the world
who that panther is.
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That's going to be the spark
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that lights a much bigger fire
to save this whole corridor.
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Movie Summary
A once-in-a-lifetime sighting triggers a deep dive into the uncharted world of the Florida Panther. It's a race against time - to reveal the unseen natural history of an icon surviving in an ancient ecosystem.
