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Prowlers of the Everglades

(CAWING) These insatiable creatureseat anything they can capture. They have an...

(CAWING) These insatiable creatures
eat anything they can capture. They have an amazing
digestive system. Their stomach acids
dissolve everything. Fish bones, fur, feathers,
even a turtle shell. Small wonder they're
the scourge of the swamp

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(CAWING)
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These insatiable creatures eat anything they can capture.
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They have an amazing digestive system.
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Their stomach acids dissolve everything.
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Fish bones, fur, feathers, even a turtle shell.
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Small wonder they're the scourge of the swamp.
Duration
24 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:53
Uploaded
Jan 31, 2025
Genres
documentary, short, family
Production
Walt Disney Productions

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Movie Summary

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.
The other creatures of the Everglades - Prowlers of the Everglades 00:13
The other creatures of the Everglades
The tiny grebe can even be so nonchalant - Prowlers of the Everglades 00:08
The tiny grebe can even be so nonchalant
Quite casually, the wading birds fish in the danger zone, - Prowlers of the Everglades 00:21
Quite casually, the wading birds fish in the danger zone,
The treacherous gator uses every possible concealment - Prowlers of the Everglades 00:07
The treacherous gator uses every possible concealment
So near and yet so far. - Prowlers of the Everglades 00:10
So near and yet so far.
Still he's a persistent hunter. - Prowlers of the Everglades 00:10
Still he's a persistent hunter.
At last he's found a bird preoccupied - Prowlers of the Everglades 00:09
At last he's found a bird preoccupied
Like the other birds, - Prowlers of the Everglades 00:20
Like the other birds,
The gallinule's angry scolding gives warning - Prowlers of the Everglades 00:07
The gallinule's angry scolding gives warning
This war of nerves is a strangely unhurried affair, - Prowlers of the Everglades 00:16
This war of nerves is a strangely unhurried affair,
(ALLIGATOR CALLING) - Prowlers of the Everglades 00:13
(ALLIGATOR CALLING)
At first the female pretends disinterest, - Prowlers of the Everglades 00:16
At first the female pretends disinterest,
Like all their tribe, they have a great liking for eggs of any kind. - Prowlers of the Everglades 00:05
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 00:19
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 00:20
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 00:06
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 00:06
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 00:21
Time passes, and toward the end of the ninth week,
Still, instinct keeps the others moving forward, - Prowlers of the Everglades 00:13
Still, instinct keeps the others moving forward,
These youngsters have yet to learn - Prowlers of the Everglades 00:11
These youngsters have yet to learn