Swamps sleep naked and are slow to awaken. Long after green-up in the uplands, deep overflow swamps that sustain Louisiana bayous and rivers remain quiescent, prolonging winter dormancy until the threat of natural spring flooding has past.
Swamp Sleep
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K. Ouchley