Narrated by
LAURA DERN

Written and Produced by
KIM WOODARD

Edited by
TOM ROCHE
SHERI KENNEDY

Field Poducer
LINDSAY ADAMS

Videographer
BRYAN HARVEY

Additional Videographers
KIM WOODARD
RALPH MADISON
ERNIE KOVACS

Assistant Camera
DAVID CONER

Original Music by
MAC SQUIER
LENNY WILLIAMS

Additional Music
"MY DARLINí NEW ORLEANS"
Performed by
LILí QUEENIE & THE PERCOLATORS
(Bug Music/Criterian Music)

Associate Producer
STACEY MANNARI

Production Manager
KENNETH HARRIS

Script Sonsultant
MICHAEL WINSHIP

Research
LIA KVATUM

Post Production Supervisor
ROCHELLE BADEN DUBROWA

Post Production Manager
TARYN LUNTZ

Assistant Editors
CHRIS STOCKMAN
STEVE SHIREMAN
JIM JACKSON

Graphic Design
RON HEIDT

On-line Editor
TOM ROCHE

Colorist
DC CARDINALI

Sound Design & Mixer
STEPHEN WARNER

Stock Footage & Stills Courtesy of
ABC News Videosource
Audubon Aquarium Of The Americas
Best Friends Animal Society
Blue Land Media
BBC Motion Gallery
CNN
CPG
Jim Edds
NBC News Archives
The Humane Society Of The United States
International Fund For Animal Welfare
WLOX

Special Thanks
Lawrence and Helen Cumbo
Ginger Maulden
Tanya Sisk
Humane Society of The United States
Louisiana SPCA
International Fund for Animal Welfare
Best Friends Animal Society
Audubon Aquarium of The Americas
Audubon Zoo
Monterey Bay Aquarium
NOAA
Marine Life Oceanarium

For National Geographic Television & Film

Head of Natural History Unit
KEENAN SMART

Executive Producer
JOHN MERNIT

Executive Vice President
Programming and Production
MICHAEL ROSENFELD

For NATURE

Series Editor
JANET HESS

Supervising Producer
JANICE YOUNG

Producers
PATTY JACOBSON
JILL CLARKE

Associate Producers
GIANNA SAVOIE
IRENE TEJARATCHI

Production Secretary
RACHAEL TEEL

Manager
EILEEN FRAHER

Production Manager
JULIE SCHAPIRO THORMAN

Online Editor
BRUNO PELLEGRINI

Sound Mix
ED CAMPBELL

Series Producer
BILL MURPHY

Executive in Charge
WILLIAM GRANT

Executive Producer
FRED KAUFMAN

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