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在2009-05-01晚上,我參加一個旅行團,坐汽艇(airboat)夜遊離New Orleans新奧爾良巿45分鐘的一個沼澤。導遊那條平底船約十八呎長,可坐六個乘客,因汽艇是靠空氣推動,所以在草叢丶濕泥丶淺水中都可以行走自如。可惜那部在船尾的「大風扇」非常嘈吵,所以行船時每人都要戴上護耳罩。
汽艇在六時開航,在暮日下,路易斯安那州的景色使人心醉,沼澤隱藏着的危險令人迷惑,我們知道這是美國短吻鱷的出沒地帶,但周圍看到的都只是枯草爛木,密西西比河就是要保護大自然,不這容易讓我們看到她的原居民秘密。最後導遊關掉了那吵耳的「大風扇」,汽艇在塘泥池中停了下來,在大自然的寂靜中,我們終於看到浮在水中的一双双紅眼睛,密鱷一定是希望我們船沈溺水,自願獻給它們一頓豐富的晚歺!!
我趁著天色未漆黑之前,拍攝了几張路易斯安那州沼澤的大自然丶大青蛙丶和小鱷魚的照片,在這裏貼上給各位欣賞。如果您想看一條12呎長的鱷魚錄影,懇請參看我昨天貼在網誌上的YouTube視頻: "旅遊路易斯安那州的沼澤: 短吻鱷 / Alligator-watching in the Louisiana Swamp" http://lotusandcedar.blogspot.com/2009/05/alligator-watching-in-louisiana-swamp.html
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Related information:
* 维基百科: "... 短吻鱷（學名Alligator），屬於鱷目的短吻鱷科。其英文名alligator源自西班牙語el lagarto（意思：蜥蜴）。這名稱是早期在佛羅里達州的西班牙探險家和定居者命名的。... 現時只有兩個國家有短吻鱷，就是美國（密河鱷）和中國（揚子鱷） 。中國短吻鱷更是瀕臨絕種，並只生長在長江沿岸的淡水地區。... 大多數的美國短吻鱷棲息於佛羅里達州Florida和路易斯安那州Louisiana。據統計，僅在佛羅里達州，就有超過一百萬隻的短吻鱷。美國也是世界上唯一個同時擁有短吻鱷科(alligator)和鱷科(crocodile)的國家。美國短吻鱷一般居住在淡水環境，例如池塘、沼澤、河流和濕地。 ..."
(http://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E7%9F%AD%E5%90%BB%E9%B1%B7&variant=zh-hk)
Photo credit: "Airboat" picture is from Wikipedia; all others are mine.
14 comments:
那艘汽船只有三個客位,
其餘的要坐船板上嗎?
我們只曾在國家地理雜誌節目看過這些景色,
可以親身一遊是一大樂事! =)
微豆,
the little one is cute but that big TOAD? FROG? is ...I dare not touch at all
真的很美啊 !! Haricot 你有沒有看 Bertrand Tavernier 的 The Electric Mist？個人覺得很好的一套電影，就在那沼澤的薄霧中展開．．．
真的好怕gator,若然我去到,我怕我會掉進水裡成為它們的豐富晚歺呀!!
新鮮人:
我坐那艘有6個高高在上的坐位,不可以坐在船甲板上,太近大鱷了 :O
对! 旅遊是樂事也!
啤酒花™_J:
Actually, it was the little guy that wanted to bite !! The big frog just wriggled.
Michelle: 有机会去看 The Electric Mist!!
Gwen:
The twelve-footer will probably need someone more "substantial" for supper.
咦?! 似乎阿Ian 好肉d喎(hunk of a man?),叫佢打頭陣喇!!
that toad............ eeeeeeeee! can eat 嗎? :p (so chinese~)
>> ... can eat 嗎?
Yes, you can but you may not, esp if the species are protected.
I am sure the authorities must have quota as to when and how many frogs, gators, crawfish, etc can be harvested from the swamps without driving these creatures to local extinction.
a little bit spooky.... but it must be quite an experience:)
周游:
Now that you mention it, Swamp Thing could have been lurking around and I might have missed the photo-op with him/it!! Just kidding :)
Seriously, I have been to worse places in Canada where I was swamped by million of blood-sucking horse-flies, deer-flies, black flies, no-see-em, ...
Yes, I really enjoyed the Louisiana swamp - in early spring before the bugs were hatched.
scary alligator but looks like a fun trip.
加燦: The Louisiana Swamp tour was fun!! But I would never want to fall in !!!
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