Ecologist Bruce Means tries to free himself from the knee deep muck in the Apalachicola National Forest

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Ecologist Bruce Means tries to free himself from the knee deep muck as he looks for newts, salamanders and frogs in some of the dry and wet ponds in the Apalachicola National Forest south of Tallahassee, Florida September 28, 2007. "this is snotty stuff" said Means of the mud under the drying pond. (Mark Wallheiser/TallahasseeStock.com)