Kakadu Wetlands

The music in this movie is called Jumbo and it was created by Underworld. This song was debuted on their album, Beaucoup Fish.

The footage in this video is from a boat ride through the Yellow Water Billibong, which is within Kakadu National Park in Australia’s Northern Territory. The name ‘Kakadu’ comes from an Aboriginal floodplain language called Gagudju. The Aboriginal people of Kakadu have lived on the land for at least forty thousand years, and about five hundred still reside within the park.

Yellow Water is located at the end of Jim Jim Creek which is a tributary of the South Alligator River. Kakadu is home to four major river-systems of which, the South Alligator river system is the largest. South Alligator contains extensive wetlands that include river channels, floodplains and backwater swamps. Kakadu is home to a large variety of flora and fauna, and more specifically, Yellow Water is commonly known to house an abundance of creeping crocodiles, whistling ducks, and the illustrious Magpie Geese.

Note: Kakadu National Park is managed by both its original Aboriginal inhabitants and the Australian Director of National Parks. You can visit http://www.kakadu.com.au to learn more.

Note: There are two types of crocodile found in Australia, Fresh Water and Salt Water. The salt water crocs are much smaller than their salty friends. The largest salt water crocodile was discovered and shot in 1957 in Queensland Australia. It measured 8.6 meters (28.2 ft) and weighed 1352 kg (2870 lb). It’s amazing to know that crocodiles start their life at mere 20 cm or so. It is known that crocodiles can live a very long time. A male freshwater crocodile at the Australia Zoo is estimated to be 130 years old.

Note: The largest living crocodile known is a 7.1 m (25.3 ft) long saltwater crocodile, in Orissa, India. It lives in Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary and in June 2006, was entered in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Note: The artists known as Underworld are a still recording and touring group of musically inclined individuals from United Kingdom. They produce sounds that typically fall into the broad genre of Electronica, and for additional information visit http://www.myspace.com/underworld.

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