Feb trip to Tampa and WDW - Day 4 - Homossasa Wildlife Park (WARNING - LOTS OF PICS)

[December99]

We hit the Homossasa Wildlife Park on this day and we had a very nice time. I would highly recommend this if you are ever near this area.

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I can't believe I'm showing this picture. The guide that was outside while we were waiting to get in yelled at me..."Are you taking a picture?" and came over. I thought I was in trouble for taking a pic of this mural behind us. And he said get in that picture or you can't take it. He was so funny. Oh, this is my dh, dd - Britt and myself.

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DD - Britt

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We were there so early that we got to see them do their "daily" work. This woman was taking a water sample from the "river" that flowed into the park that the Manatees swim in.

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This was the manatees' "salad bar lunch". In the upper left and bottom part of the pic those are the backs of some manatees. There were a total of 8 in this big net at one given time. There were a total of about 13 manatees there that day.

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These next few pics are going to be of the manatees swimming around.

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This guy was just soaking up the sun!!

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These little guys just seemed to know when to turn and pose for the camera

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There was something like 93 different species of fish swimming around in here too. It was pretty awesome!!

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Manatee eating in the salad bar

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This guy was feeding the manatees during the Manatee show.

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Here's Britt thinking she can be a manatee!!

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Here's some of the other animals that were at the park.

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Flamingo's - aren't they bright!!

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Symbol of America!!!

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These are great pictures! I'm so glad you are sharing them with us! Brit makes a pretty good manatee! ;)

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[nutz4dzny]

Great pics! Thanks for sharing!

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I almost spit my drink out all over my computer when I saw Brit as a Manatee.. LOLOL.. Great pics 99, off to the next one..

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Manatees are such wonderful animals.

Thanks for the photos, 99.

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[Jane E.]

Thanks for the beautiful pics! :D