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March 14, 2015
Deep in these swampy mangrove jungle gyms on isabella. how can you tell its abandoned from here? >> the binoculars. >> okay. i thought you had some kind of bird sense. >> oh, did you hear that in tut, tut, tut? >> thats a good sign. they stay completely hidden during our hike, but heres some footage captured by francescas team. not only are these birds threatened by rats, but sometime in the late 1950s, a random cargo brought a certain kind of fly to the galapagos, a fly that feeds on the beaks ...
March 14, 2015
Which is easier? sniping a quarter million goats? or poisoning a million rats on an island like this? or convincing the locals that these are good ideas? >> the more challenging part is working in partnership with communities, so that essentially, they make the decisions. >> yeah. >> that they dont want, you know, rats and cats on their island. and then what they want is mockingbirds and floreana tortoises back on their island, and not to have, you know, impacts to their crops. >> right. >> but ...
March 9, 2015
Which is easier? sniping a quarter million goats? or poisoning a million rats on an island like this? or convincing the locals that these are good ideas? >> the more challenging part is working in partnership with communities, so that essentially, they make the decisions. >> yeah. >> that they dont want, you know, rats and cats on their island. and then what they want is mockingbirds and floreana tortoises back on their island, and not to have, you know, impacts to their crops. >> right. >> but ...
March 9, 2015
Here. >> its kind of bird that hides deep in these swampy mangrove jungle gyms on isabella. how can you tell its abandoned from here? >> the binoculars. >> okay. i thought you had some kind of bird sense. >> oh, did you hear that in tut, tut, tut? >> thats a good sign. they stay completely hidden during our hike, but heres some footage captured by francescas team. not only are these birds threatened by rats, but sometime in the late 1950s, a random cargo brought a certain kind of fly to the gala...