Posted on 08/22/2010 5:58:11 PM PDT by Scythian
Swamp People on History Channel
Sprawling over a million-acre swath of southern Louisiana, the Atchafalaya River Basin is the largest swamp in the United States and one of the country's most ecologically varied regions. Its wetlands, bayous and marshes are home to 300 species of birds, 90 species of fish and shellfish and 54 species of reptiles and amphibians, including the great American alligator. It owes much of its haunting and mysterious beauty to the towering, moss-draped bald cypress trees that thrive in its swamp waters.
For hundreds of years, the Basin's human dwellers—from the Native Americans who harvested its timber to the present-day Cajuns who hunt alligators in its murky depths—have subsisted on its many bountiful resources. In the second half of the 18th century, the region became a refuge for several thousand French colonists who had been expelled from Acadie, part of present-day Nova Scotia, for refusing to swear allegiance to the British crown and church. Known as the Acadians, the settlers adapted their way of life to the changeable nature of the Basin's wetland environment, where water levels fluctuate depending on the season, by favoring houseboats and campsites to more permanent homes. Many began growing sugarcane and other crops in the fertile bayou soil, while others made a living as loggers, hunters, trappers or fishermen.
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Never woulda guessed that Busta Rhymes LOL.
holy cow did you see the size of that gator???? That’s why I don’t swim down here!
We fine ‘n you?
Something You Didn't Know About Cajuns (Ilenos, Canary Islands)
I think Joe’s gonna shoot Tommy if he gets 3 strikes!
but dang, that one gator was HUGE and then it was still twitching, yikes! (and did the guy shoot down into the bottom of the boat?)
LOL That thing belongs in some jungle. Not a pretty sight. It even looks like it is racist.
I can’t believe these guys aren’t wearing gloves when they handle those lines.
Here you go!
Well, we can see whose turn it was to wear the town’s only set of false teeth.
this is what the suits at H-Chanel see of americans?
the cast of deliverance? I saw a few minutes and it was just too much cartoon “hickness”.
History channel should do a gunsmitthing show then.
>>Some of the finest people on this earth!<<
Never a truer statement has been spoken!
Are you crazy, I thought the show was great, I was hunting and trapping at age 12, muskrats and coons, fox hunting, fishing, it wasn’t the swamp but these guys are much like my family in a lot of ways. I think the show was very well done and those guys on that show aren’t cartoonish, they’re Americans, tuff !!
I beg your pardon.
There was nothing cartoonish about it. It’s the way it is down there.
Some people. I swear.
I liked the show. Troy reminds me of my father in law. He speaks the same way only faster.
LOL !!!
I wondered if anyone would be toothless.
Not bad, only one. :)
BWAHAHAHA !!!!
I’m slow, I just got it. :)
NICE:-)
Wow...the guy forgot the Bait?? and Fired and Unloaded gun.... that’s almost as bad as forgetting the Beer in some circles...
Faster? I had enough trouble following him at this speed. But I love the way he talks.
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