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.

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.

DD - Britt

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.

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.

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

This guy was just soaking up the sun!!

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

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

Manatee eating in the salad bar

This guy was feeding the manatees during the Manatee show.

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

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

Flamingo's - aren't they bright!!

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[snuggles]

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!

 

[Mackey Mouse]

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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[nativetxn]

Manatees are such wonderful animals.

Thanks for the photos, 99.

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[Jane E.]

Thanks for the beautiful pics!