Nature's Strangest Mysteries: Solved Features Alligator Attacks White Ibis Chick & Jumps Vertically
- Karen Marts
- Jun 20, 2019
- 2 min read
Hello all:
As of last week, I have posted 9,200 wildlife videos on Karen Marts YouTube. I have 7,000 more to post, including about 2,000 of Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge. (I finally captured a Coyote on my cell phone!) Although I film mostly in the wild 6 months a year, during the Sea Pines Bluebird Project (8th year as a volunteer monitor), I also shoot videos at a variety of parks and zoos. Most recent visits include Riverbanks Zoo, North Carolina Zoo, and the Biltmore Estate. I will be filming at Central Florida Zoo, Circle B Bar Reserve,
Sarasota Jungle Gardens, and Big Cat Habitat soon!
Martin Phillip of Wall to Wall Media, in the UK, contacted me in March 2019, regarding the utilization of 2 alligator and bird videos I filmed at Pinckney Island. Those videos were to be featured on Animal Planet’s latest television show, Nature’s Strangest Mysteries: Solved.
There will be a segment about alligators protecting Egrets and Herons, and a credit is supposed to be provided. One video is an alligator jumping vertically into the air, as it attacked a juvenile White Ibis. The second video will show a Little Blue Heron female feeding her chicks in the nest while an alligator cruises through the water. Numerous Little Blue Heron nests can be seen in the background.
The most recent correspondence is that one video will be shown, the Alligator jumping vertically. The episode will combine information about deep staria jellyfish and dung beetles.
I have watched several episodes on Friday night, with Freedom the Parrot. Various experts weigh in on why animals, birds, and reptiles act strangely in the wild. I've also watched several shows on my laptop or cell phone. It's a cool show, and you learn a lot!
Alligator Swims Slowly Near Nests of Little Blue Heron Chicks Being Fed by Parent Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge
Alligator Attacks White Ibis Chick & Jumps Vertically at Pinckney Island
The link for the television show is attached below. I was told there would be 26 episodes in total, and 12 have already been featured.
If you cannot watch television in real time, you can watch it online later.
I am beyond grateful to Wall to Wall Media, especially Martin Phillip, Archive Producer, for tracking me down, for permission to feature an American Alligator protecting a rookery. I have watched Animal Planet on television for years, and am looking forward to seeing my episode!
Have a great day,
Karen Marts and Freedom the Parrot
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
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