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♪ >> the mississippi delta is a big sponge that stretches between the yazoo and the mississippi. it's what's called an alluvial flood plain of about 7,000 square miles, or almost 4.5 million acres. this area used to look very different. massive wild old wood forests and swamps. after the passage of the cheerful-sounding native removal act of 1830, the delta became open for settlement by any white people crazy enough, hardy enough, determined enough or just plain mean and greedy enough, to come here. ♪ >> there's no way to make up for

>> anthony: oh, i don't like the sound of that. >> man: can i tell you, i got the -- >> anthony: that hesitation, not a good sign. those tenderloins are nice. good stuff. man, we have mastered the wild today. the mississippi delta is a big sponge that stretches between the yazoo and the mississippi. it's what's called an alluvial floodplain of about 7,000 square miles or almost 4.5 million acres. this area used to look very different. massive, wild, old wood forests and swamps. after the passage of the cheerful sounding native removal act of 1830, the delta became open for settlement by any wh...

Oh, looking good. i don't want to say i'm good, but i'm good. all right. pork, sir? who's missed a steak here? >> yes, sir. >> need that? who needs steak? i feel all crocodile dundee. beautiful. so all that paddling, how bad am i going to hurt tomorrow? oh, i don't like the sound of that! that hesitation, not a good sign. those tenderloins are nice. good stuff. man, we have mastered the wild today. ♪ >> the mississippi delta is a big sponge that stretches between the yazoo and the mississippi. it's what's called an alluvial flood plain of about 7,000 square miles, or almost 4.5 million acres...

Who needs steak? i feel all crocodile dundee. ♪ beautiful. so all that paddling, how bad am i going to hurt tomorrow? oh, i don't like the sound of that! that hesitation, not a good sign. those tenderloins are nice. good stuff. man, we have mastered the wild today. ♪ ♪ >> the mississippi delta is a big sponge that stretches between the yazoo and the mississippi. it's what's called an alluvial flood plain of about 7,000 square miles, or almost 4.5 million acres.

>> reporter: under these fields in the south of england, oil prospectors think they struck black gold. the limestone could hold tens of billions of barrels of oil, an amount that could dwarf anything the uk has produced ever before. >> it's like a big sponge 1,500 feet thick with vast amounts of oil in it with three big limestones that you can suck the oil out. i's a great find. so you bring it into proper production but this will be a very key part of the strategic energy resource. >> that could mean up to 80 billion barrels of oil in total. the new analysis by independent new tech believed t...