00:059. North American Animals Now Survive in Shrinking Dangerous Places
00:09From Carolina pine forests to Baja waters, rare mammals, birds, reptiles, and whales
00:15move through habitats filled with human pressure. The red wolf prowls North Carolina's Albemarle
00:21Peninsula, where tracking collars follow one of the world's last wild red wolf populations.
00:26The Florida panther crosses Everglades wetlands and rural roads, where vehicle strikes kill
00:32cats moving between forest patches and hunting grounds. The vaquita surfaces in Mexico's
00:38northern Gulf of California, where fewer than a dozen porpoises still dodge illegal fishing
00:43nets. The Mexican gray wolf trots through Arizona and New Mexico mountains rebuilding packs after
00:49hunters and government programs nearly erased it. The whooping crane flies between Wood Buffalo
00:54National Park and Texas marshes, flashing white wings during one of North America's longest
01:00migrations. The California condor glides above Big Sur cliffs, but lead fragments and carcasses
01:06can poison birds that feed from the ground. The black-footed ferret hunts prairie dogs across
01:11Great Plains burrows, depending on prairie dog colonies that ranching and disease have reduced.
01:16The North Atlantic right whale swims along the U.S. East Coast, where ship strikes and fishing
01:21lines injure slow-moving mothers and calves. The Kemp's ridley sea turtle crawls onto Gulf of Mexico
01:28beaches, laying eggs and sand before hatchlings scramble toward dangerous surf. These endangered
01:33animals still run, swim, fly, and nest across North America, but every road, net, and lost habitat
01:40narrows their path. A single pawprint, wingbeat, or surfacing breath can mark a population fighting
01:47to stay visible.
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