America's Amazon Test
Where is "America's Amazon"? - Answer- Alabama What is the first animal shown? - Answer- Snake Where are the richest, most diverse ecosystems in the country? - Answer- Alabama Why is it so difficult to think of this area as being so bio-diverse? - Answer- People have changed it (civil rights) What other world exists in Alabama? - Answer- Mobile Kensaw Delta (wild world) What state in the United States has the most miles of rivers and creeks? - Answer- Alabama How many miles of rivers and creeks are in Alabama? - Answer- 72,000 mi What feeds the large estuarial bay area? - Answer- 10s of thousands of small creeks This area is unusually rich in what species? - Answer- Salamander The delta area has the greatest number of species in the entire world of what type of reptiles? - Answer- Turtles/salamader What two things, historically, determined the makeup of this large ecosystem? - Answer- Geography and ice Why did Alabama become home to the development of so many different species? - Answer- Where it was because it didn't freeze What type of animal in Alabama is so unique it has its own genus? - Answer- salamander What unique animal lives in the soft limestone bluffs of south central Alabama? - Answer- Red salamander What bait is used to catch these reclusive animals? - Answer- crickets What is the name of the very unique amphibian that is being studied? - Answer- Red Hill Salamander What biological characteristic of this animal makes it so unique? - Answer- can dig tunnels
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