All the flat spots are manatee's.
Mom, dad and baby? I think it's the dad...but for surethe mom and baby...maybe it's an aunt.
An alligator...unfortunately it isn't real. I couldn't findany to photograph so took the fake one.
We live just down the road from Manatee Park. I have been wanting to go there...forever!!! So, today I dropped in with the camera. The camera can't really capture how awesome these mammals are. The deal is: The gulf water if 54, the Caloosahatchee is 64 I think, and this channel that comes off the power plant is 70. When the water is lower than 68 the manatee come into the rivers to get warm. The power plant uses water from the Caloosahatchee in the power process. The excess hot water is poured into this canal and the canal is attached to the Orange River, which runs into the Caloosahatchee also. So the manatees swim up river to this channel to get warm. The Orange River is about 2 blocks from our house and we can kayak from here to Manatee Bay...and beyond.
It was really fun to see so many animals in such a small area. There were a lot of baby's too.
Oh well, my excitement for the day.
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