General Interest - Voices of America: Bill Alvarez, Everglades Guide

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I	It's	My	Welcome	a	alligators	and	awesome
big	boat	day	definitely	enjoy	get	length	living	looking	new
out	project	right	something	the	to

name is Bill Junior, and this is the Everglades. to my office. This is where I make a . It's home. It's awesome. I enjoy what I do here. I come out here in the mornings. I'm here every day ---- seven days a week. And, enjoy showing the tourists all of the alligators and birds. I enjoy it as much as they do. can't picture myself just sitting behind a desk, all , for eight hours a day. Out here, I'm doing that's fun ---- driving a boat. It's awesome! This here is the most beautiful bird in the Everglades. called the purple gallinule. And that brown one youre at is just a juvenile. Whether it be a dragonfly, or a bird, every day I see something out here. It's kind of like Jurrasic Park! Yeah, . This is where we will find all of the alligators. The farther down that we go, the more more alligators well see ---- and the bigger they . And, were going to have a couple of big , and theyre going to be, like, "!bam!" right next the boat. But theyre not going to get in boat. I promise! An alligator - they can jump of the water more than half of their body [ ] at a standstill point by using their tail to themselves up. Ive seen them jump about this high of the water to catch a baby bird on branch and eat it - with people on the . Ive met so many different people - and it's ! Ever since I stepped out here in the Everglades, knew this was for me. I love it! I it.

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