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The Desert Speaks
On the Trail of a Living Fossil
Season 16
Episode 1604
In an effort to discover more about the desert tortoise, host David Yetman treks from the dry deserts of Utah to the tropics of Northwestern Mexico in search of these special animals. In the Mojave Desert, Yetman observes how tortoises are tracked using telemetry. He also visits some of the homes in that have benefited from the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum’s Desert Tortoise adoption program.
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Travel around Chihuahua, Mexico with the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum’s Jesus Garcia
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Travel through Michoacán to explore its coast, diverse habitats and local traditions.
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Travel to a festival dedicated to cactus fruit in an area southwest of Guadalajara.
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Travel to Jalisco, Mexico to explore how agave is gronwn, harvest and tequila is made
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