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Wildlife in the Florida marshlands Apr 29, 2007
Most of the southren hunk of Florida is what is known as the Everglades. A subtropical Marshland, the Everglades is a perfect place to see lots of wildlife, particularly alligators, dolphins, panthers, ospreys ... etc etc...

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"The Florida Everglades are subtropical marshland located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, specifically in parts of Monroe, Collier, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade, and Broward counties.

"Though modified by agricultural development in central and southern Florida, the Everglades is the southern half of a large watershed arising in the vicinity of Orlando known as the Kissimmee River system. The Kissimmee flows from Taylor Creek, Nubbin Slough, and Fisheating Creek, and discharges into Lake Okeechobee, a very large (730 mi² or 1,890 km²), shallow (10 ft or 3 m) fresh water lake. Water leaving Lake Okeechobee in the wet season forms the Everglades, a shallow, slow-moving flood at one time 40 miles (60 km) wide and over 100 miles (160 km) long moving southward across a nearly flat limestone shelf to Florida Bay at the southern end of the state. The Everglades extends from Lake Okeechobee on the north to Florida Bay on the south and was once bordered by Big Cypress Swamp on the west and the Atlantic Coastal Ridge on the east. It has been called River of Grass (Douglas, 1947) because of the slow flow of water from Okeechobee southward and the predominance of a sedge known as sawgrass. Slightly elevated points in this extremely flat area are covered with trees, usually cypress and red mangrove.
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Dec 08, 2007
  So we decided to show them a real South Florida Experience.  Being a firm believer in Heller Keller's saying: " Life is either a daring adventure or nothing" I decided to plan a day full of new things and daring adventures.   We woke them up at the crack of dawn and drove… The South Florida Experience
Apr 24, 2008
…various dangerous snakes, some monkeys, a lemur, a camel, and right at the bottom of the enclosures were three tigers, one lion, a Florida panther and two bears. There were two male tigers sharing one cage. One of them had been seized from its owner by animal services and the other, which was owned by an 'exotic dancer' was given to the shelter when its owner… The Outpost
Apr 24, 2008
Our hostel was actually in Florida City, a very small town about 15 mins drive from the park entrance. As we pulled into the car park she checked that we all had torches, of course we didn't as we were not expecting to do this! She had spares… See you later alligator

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