Taijiang National Park There are transparent thingamabobs! We��re in Sihcao, Tainan today, getting a lesson on�K mangroves. Mangroves! We call them ��red groves�� because�K they��re red. Yes, that��s right! Hahahaha! Show off. The branches and stalks can be used to make red dye. The reason why it becomes red is because it contains tanins. Kandelia obovata�K This is tasty. Tasty? Really salty. So Cedric, you know that where fresh and salt water meet, you find mangroves, right? Yes. And do you know how many different kinds of mangroves there are here? Yes. Four. Very good! Now, which four? The shark mangrove, the octopus mangrove, the Godzilla mangrove and I guess this one is right, the spider mangrove. Hahaha, OK, the spider mangrove is one of them, there��s the grey mangrove, and then there��s something called the kandelia or water pen mangrove and then I think there is a black mangrove. Now seriously, what is so special about Sihcao is that all four kinds of mangroves are in the same place, and that��s pretty rare. Michella, what exactly is the mangrove good for? You see how the roots go into the water and kind of grab onto the soil? They actually keep the mud walls intact, which prevents floods. It��s also good for timber and for red dye. Red? Yeah. You see how there are lots of birds in the mangrove trees? Yeah. Birds live there and what do birds produce? Eggs? Out of the other orifice? Ah, that would be poop. That's right, the shrimp, the crabs, the fish like the mudskippers that we see, they eat that poop. Oh delicious. I don��t know and maybe you've tasted it before, but the birds definitely find the fish, the crabs and the shrimps delicious. So basically that makes a whole food chain just in the mangrove. Exactly. Some people call this the Amazon river of Taiwan. What do you think? Ah, it reminds me of a place north of Paris that we call ��The Green Venice, La Venice Vert.�� I��ve never been there, but this is definitely beautiful. It reminds you of home, huh? I am home. You are home. .   �x����a����/�|�����G ���@�dzz�����F�F�I ���ѧڭ̨�|��ӻ{��... ����L�I ����L�� �ڭ̥s���u����L�v�O�]��... �O���⪺ �O�A�S���I ���������I �R�{���C �K�F�K���i�H���Ҭ�����V�ơC �|�ܦ����⪺��]�O�A���t�����C �����J... �n�n�Y��C �n�n�Y��H �W�Ъ��C ���ߡA�A���D�H���M������ɪ��a��|������L�A�藍��H ��C ���A���D�o�̦��X�ج���L�ܡH ���D�C�|�ءC �ܴγ�I���|�ءH �T������L�A��������L�A�w���Ԭ���L�A�٦��A�o�@�w�S�����A�j�����L(�����V)�C ���������A�n�աA�����V�A���XФ�A�M���٦��@�إs�������J�A�٦��@���V���C ���I���g�ܡA�|��ܯS�O���O�A�o�|�ج���L���b�o�̬ݱo��A�u�������o�C ����L�쩳������\��H ���S���ݨ�ڳ�������̭��A����g�[���ˤl�H��ꥦ�̦����g�O�����\��A�ਾ�x�C�t�~�٥i�H���ӷ��ا��A���Ҭ��V�C ���⪺��H ��C ����L�̭��O���O�ܦh���H ��ڡC ����̦����̭��C���|���ͤ���H ���J�H �t�~�@�Ӷ}�f�X�Ӫ��O����H �ڡA�K�K�C �S���C�M�ὼ�l�A���ɡA�����A���ڭ̬ݨ쪺�u��A�N�|�Y�U���ǫK�K�C ť�_�ӯu�����C �����D�A�A�Y�L�H�ϥ������ı�o�o�dz��ɽ��Z�n�Y�������C �ҥH�򥻤W����L�̭����@�ӧ��㪺������C �S���C ���ǤH���o�O�x�W���Ȱ����e�C�Aı�o�O�H �o���ڷQ�_�ھ��H�_�@�Ӧa��A���a��s���u���¥����v�C �ڨS�h�L�A���L�o�̯u���ܺ}�G�C�|���A�Q�a�ܡH �ڪ��a�N�b�o�̡C �A���a�N�O�o�̡C