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Documentary: Baja The Other California - The Secrets of Nature

Discussion in 'Wildlife & Nature Conservation' started by UngulateNerd92, 31 Mar 2020.

  1. UngulateNerd92

    UngulateNerd92 Well-Known Member Premium Member 5+ year member

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    This is a fascinating documentary about the ecology and biodiversity of Baja California.

    The description of the video is copy-pasted below;

    "Baja California stretches 750 miles southwards from its famous neighbour, the state of California. On either side of this narrow strip of land lie the rich waters of the Pacific and the Sea of Cortez. The peninsula for the most part is desert. Stark but beautiful, it's raw landscape, naked rocks and giant cactus contrast with the crystal blue waters of the sea that surrounds it. Isolated from other deserts Baja and the Sea of Cortez are home to weird plants and unique creatures that evolved here coping with this most extreme of places. This is a rare opportunity to see the Boojum, for example, that looks more like a 10 meter upside down high parsnip than a true plant, the Blue footed boobies that each year perform their comical courtship or lizards that eat flies so salty, they would kill them, had they not enlarged nostrils with salt glands."


     
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