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Put on your old shoes because we’re going on an Indiana creek walk. But, before we go we have to make sure that we’re prepared. Do we have nets? Okay, do we have a bucket? Alright, let’s go! WATCH THE SEGMENT	With Eduardo on the Solimoes River, hand- catching of a caiman. It’s late at night and Edwardo uses a spotlight to blind it. WATCH THE SEGMENT
Join Rick on the world's biggest waterway: The Amazon. This river is so large that sometimes it would take an hour just to cross. WATCH THE SEGMENT	Keeping an eye on Indiana water is an important job for a limnologist, and there are many tools they use to do this. Scientist.Lani Pascual from the center for earth and environmental sciences at IUPUI shows Rick a few of them. WATCH THE SEGMENT
One of the most interesting and notorious of all the fish in the Amazon is the piranha. You can tell a lot about a fish by its mouth. Looking at this guys mouth we can tell exactly what he eats. Talk about not chewing your food before you swallow it. Most people think there’s only one kind of piranha in the Amazon, but there are actually many different species.each one with teeth designed just for its prey. WATCH THE SEGMENT	Ponds like creeks are relatively shallow, and light penetrates to the bottom. Rick's theory is, because there’s light, there will be rooted plants at the bottom. Rick and his pond pals, Isabelle and Caroline, jump into an investigation. WATCH THE SEGMENT
Scientists take special care to monitor reservoirs and the wildlife around them. At Eagle Creek Park, scientist, Dr. Lenore Tedesco shows us a small part of what is known as the Mississippi Flyway (not highway, flyway!). WATCH THE SEGMENT	The White River is a source of our drinking water, but you wouldn’t want to take your glass and dip into this river. Rick visits a water treatment plant to learn how river water becomes drinking water. WATCH THE SEGMENT
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