Le cactus bicentenaire de saguaro
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00:00 The myth of the West still survives a few Tuxon encablures in Arizona.
00:06 In this vast open desert, life is full of impatience.
00:12 Desperados of all kinds are measuring their strength.
00:18 They have old quarrels to settle.
00:22 They will need steel nerves to win.
00:27 Strength against courage, strength against cunning.
00:30 No one can say who will win these duels under the sun.
00:37 The struggle for life is ruthless in the Saguaro National Park.
00:49 It is one of the most recognizable plants in the world.
00:57 It appears in most Westerns Hollywood.
01:00 Symbol of the Far West, it has always been cantoned to the role of a figure on the movie screens.
01:06 Not here.
01:10 Here, the saguaro reigns on a modest domain of size that owes its name to it.
01:16 Some of these cacti are 12 meters high and are 200 years old.
01:24 Their value is priceless.
01:26 Among their millions of seeds, only one will live long enough to equal them.
01:33 The saguaro is found in the periphery of Tuxon, east and west.
01:40 The park was born from the urgency to preserve the habitat of a plant species on the brink of extinction.
01:48 A vital species for the small world that rumbles at its feet and struggles every moment to survive.
01:54 [Music]
01:58 [BLANK_AUDIO]