:08:02
-Morning.
-Hey.
:08:04
May l ask you gentlemen what you
have in those pillowcases?
:08:07
Yes, sir, you absolutely may.
:08:10
-Okay, then, l'm asking.
-Well, okay, then.
:08:13
Let's see.
:08:15
We've got five kinds of bromeliad...
:08:18
...one peperomia,
nine orchid varieties.
:08:23
You know,
about 1 30 plants all told.
:08:27
Which my colleagues here
removed from the swamp.
:08:29
You're aware it's illegal to remove plants
or animals from state-owned land?
:08:34
Yeah, and don't forget...
:08:36
...these plants are all endangered, sir.
Every one of them.
:08:39
Well, exactly. That's exactly the issue.
This is a state preserve.
:08:43
Yes, sir. lt is.
:08:46
-But--
-My colleagues are all Seminole lndians.
:08:49
Did l mention that?
You're familiar, l'm sure...
:08:51
...with the State of Florida
v. James E. Billie?
:08:54
So you know that even though Seminole
Chief Billie killed a Florida panther...
:08:59
...one of what, 40 in the entire world?
:09:01
-Forty.
-Forty.
:09:02
The state couldn't successfully
prosecute him...
:09:05
...because, you know, he's an lndian,
and it's his right.
:09:08
As repugnant as you and l, as white
conservationists, might find his actions.
:09:13
-But--
-Not to mention the failed attempts...
:09:16
...on three occasions to prosecute
Seminoles for poaching palm fronds.
:09:20
Which l believe they use to thatch
the roofs of their traditional chickee huts.
:09:26
How about that?
With the chickee huts, right?
:09:28
Yeah, he's right. That's exactly what
we use them for. Chickee huts.
:09:36
Yeah, but l don't--
:09:38
l can't let you fellas leave yet.
:09:42
-Just hold on there a minute.
-Okay.
:09:48
Charles, is that you?
:09:52
Did you eat lunch?
:09:54
l had that shrimp cocktail in the fridge.
Was it yours?
:09:58
l hope not. l couldn't remember,
so l ate it.