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Prowlers of the Everglades

Watch as the alligator, the unquestioned apex predator of the Everglades, follows its cycle of life much the same as it did in prehistoric times.

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James Algar

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documentary, short, family

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Walt Disney Productions

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For the hungry birds,
good living is good fishing, - Prowlers of the Everglades

For the hungry birds, good living is good fishing,

The cormorant
is another expert - Prowlers of the Everglades

The cormorant is another expert

Sometimes he swallows
so many fish - Prowlers of the Everglades

Sometimes he swallows so many fish

A cooling bath
is more than welcome, - Prowlers of the Everglades

A cooling bath is more than welcome,

The swallows take their plunge
on the wing, - Prowlers of the Everglades

The swallows take their plunge on the wing,

The snakebird
is sometimes called
the water turkey - Prowlers of the Everglades

The snakebird is sometimes called the water turkey

By the time
appetites are satisfied,
the morning mist has vanished. - Prowlers of the Everglades

By the time appetites are satisfied, the morning mist has va...

Experience has taught them
to pay special attention - Prowlers of the Everglades

Experience has taught them to pay special attention

He's a stealthy hunter, - Prowlers of the Everglades

He's a stealthy hunter,

The garfish leap
for their lives, - Prowlers of the Everglades

The garfish leap for their lives,

Others join the feast.
Gators of all sizes. - Prowlers of the Everglades

Others join the feast. Gators of all sizes.

(CAWING) - Prowlers of the Everglades

The other creatures
of the Everglades - Prowlers of the Everglades

The other creatures of the Everglades

The tiny grebe
can even be so nonchalant - Prowlers of the Everglades

The tiny grebe can even be so nonchalant

Quite casually,
the wading birds
fish in the danger zone, - Prowlers of the Everglades

Quite casually, the wading birds fish in the danger zone,

The treacherous gator uses
every possible concealment - Prowlers of the Everglades

The treacherous gator uses every possible concealment

So near and yet so far. - Prowlers of the Everglades

So near and yet so far.

Still he's
a persistent hunter. - Prowlers of the Everglades

Still he's a persistent hunter.

At last he's found
a bird preoccupied - Prowlers of the Everglades

At last he's found a bird preoccupied

Like the other birds, - Prowlers of the Everglades

Like the other birds,

The gallinule's angry scolding
gives warning - Prowlers of the Everglades

The gallinule's angry scolding gives warning

This war of nerves
is a strangely
unhurried affair, - Prowlers of the Everglades

This war of nerves is a strangely unhurried affair,

(ALLIGATOR CALLING) - Prowlers of the Everglades

(ALLIGATOR CALLING)

At first the female
pretends disinterest, - Prowlers of the Everglades

At first the female pretends disinterest,

Like all their tribe,
they have a great liking
for eggs of any kind. - Prowlers of the Everglades

Like all their tribe, they have a great liking for eggs of a...

Now he's found one,
the next problem
is how to break it. - Prowlers of the Everglades

Now he's found one, the next problem is how to break it...

Oddly enough,
an alligator egg is not
as fragile as it appears. - Prowlers of the Everglades

Oddly enough, an alligator egg is not as fragile as it appea...

Quite by chance,
Mrs. Gator discovers
that her brood is dwindling. - Prowlers of the Everglades

Quite by chance, Mrs. Gator discovers that her brood is dwin...

From now on, she'll keep
an almost continual watch
over her eggs. - Prowlers of the Everglades

From now on, she'll keep an almost continual watch over...

Time passes, and toward
the end of the ninth week, - Prowlers of the Everglades

Time passes, and toward the end of the ninth week,

Still, instinct keeps
the others moving forward, - Prowlers of the Everglades

Still, instinct keeps the others moving forward,

These youngsters
have yet to learn - Prowlers of the Everglades

These youngsters have yet to learn

It looks
like the end of the trail
for a few more of the brood. - Prowlers of the Everglades

It looks like the end of the trail for a few more of the bro...

Sometimes the young gators
use teamwork
against the common enemy. - Prowlers of the Everglades

Sometimes the young gators use teamwork against the common e...

But then again,
they're just as apt to return
to fighting each other. - Prowlers of the Everglades

But then again, they're just as apt to return to fighti...

But when the raccoon
nearly loses a finger, - Prowlers of the Everglades

But when the raccoon nearly loses a finger,

Troubles are
not over, however, - Prowlers of the Everglades

Troubles are not over, however,

At first, they stay close
to their own pond. - Prowlers of the Everglades

At first, they stay close to their own pond.

While Father deals with one, - Prowlers of the Everglades

While Father deals with one,

This decimation
goes on constantly. - Prowlers of the Everglades

This decimation goes on constantly.

This young midshipman
proudly surveying
the quarterdeck - Prowlers of the Everglades

This young midshipman proudly surveying the quarterdeck

These are
the carefree vagabonds
of the swampland, - Prowlers of the Everglades

These are the carefree vagabonds of the swampland,

The discovery
that the alligators hold
a prior claim to this pond - Prowlers of the Everglades

The discovery that the alligators hold a prior claim to this...

Indeed, that lethal tail
seems to fascinate them. - Prowlers of the Everglades

Indeed, that lethal tail seems to fascinate them.

The alligators
don't quite know how to take
these impudent visitors. - Prowlers of the Everglades

The alligators don't quite know how to take these impud...

Before the cormorant
invades this weird domain, - Prowlers of the Everglades

Before the cormorant invades this weird domain,

If the gator
changes his tactics
and goes off to hide, - Prowlers of the Everglades

If the gator changes his tactics and goes off to hide,

Ah, there he is, - Prowlers of the Everglades

Ah, there he is,

Except for the fish,
most of these creatures
are out of their element, - Prowlers of the Everglades

Except for the fish, most of these creatures are out of thei...

Every bird adapts itself
to this water world
in its own way. - Prowlers of the Everglades

Every bird adapts itself to this water world in its own way.

Uh-oh. - Prowlers of the Everglades

It's against
the gator's nature, however,
to make himself conspicuous. - Prowlers of the Everglades

It's against the gator's nature, however, to make ...

In the swampland,
all of life follows
a pattern of endless cycles, - Prowlers of the Everglades

In the swampland, all of life follows a pattern of endless c...

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Watch as the alligator, the unquestioned apex predator of the Everglades, follows its cycle of life much the same as it did in prehistoric times.

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Director: James Algar

Writer: James Algar

Production: Walt Disney Productions

Genre: documentary, short, family

Year: 1953

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 23 Jul 1953

Awards: N/A

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