:08:03
- Morning.
- Hey.
:08:05
May I ask you gentlemen what you
have in those pillowcases?
:08:08
Yes, sir, you absolutely may.
:08:11
- Okay, then, I'm asking.
- Well, okay, then.
:08:14
Let's see.
:08:16
We've got five kinds of bromeliad...
:08:19
...one peperomia,
nine orchid varieties.
:08:24
You know,
about 130 plants all told.
:08:28
Which my colleagues here
removed from the swamp.
:08:30
You're aware it's illegal to remove plants
or animals from state-owned land?
:08:35
Yeah, and don't forget...
:08:37
...these plants are all endangered, sir.
Every one of them.
:08:40
Well, exactly. That's exactly the issue.
This is a state preserve.
:08:44
Yes, sir. It is.
:08:47
- But...
- My colleagues are all Seminole Indians.
:08:50
Did I mention that?
You're familiar, I'm sure...
:08:52
...with the State of Florida
v. James E. Billie?
:08:55
So you know that even though Seminole
Chief Billie killed a Florida panther...
:09:00
...one of what, 40 in the entire world?
:09:02
- Forty.
- Forty.
:09:03
The state couldn't successfully
prosecute him...
:09:06
...because, you know, he's an Indian,
and it's his right.
:09:09
As repugnant as you and I, as white
conservationists, might find his actions.
:09:14
- But...
- Not to mention the failed attempts...
:09:17
...on three occasions to prosecute
Seminoles for poaching palm fronds.
:09:21
Which I believe they use to thatch
the roofs of their traditional chickee huts.
:09:26
How about that?
With the chickee huts, right?
:09:29
Yeah, he's right. That's exactly what
we use them for. Chickee huts.
:09:37
Yeah, but I don't...
:09:39
I can't let you fellas leave yet.
:09:43
- Just hold on there a minute.
- Okay.
:09:48
Charles, is that you?
:09:53
Did you eat lunch?
:09:55
I had that shrimp cocktail in the fridge.
Was it yours?
:09:59
I hope not. I couldn't remember,
so I ate it.