1. 1 Florida Wildlife Ty Gumerman November, 2008

2. 2 Airboat Ride We went on an Airboat Ride near Cape Canaveral in the St. Jones Wildlife Sanctuary.

3. 3 The Marsh Airboats can travel in marshes and swamps, and can work in shallow water.

4. 4 The First of Many Alligators This alligator is sunning himself.

5. 5 Alligator Close-Ups To get this close, you have to go very slowly toward the animal, then you turn off the engine so you do not scare the alligators.

6. 6 Time to go This alligator is getting up to jump in the water.

7. 7 Back for a Swim The alligator jumped into the water very close to the boat.

8. 8 Grazing cattle A rancher has permission to let his cattle graze in the marsh.

9. 9 The Big Guy This alligator is 10-12 foot long, and wounded.

10. 10 Wounded Alligator Here you can clearly see his wounds that he got in an alligator fight.

11. 11 Florida Birds Here there are Spoonbills and Egrets.

12. 12 Holding an Alligator I am holding an Alligator. His name is Hollywood. He’s got a rubber band on his mouth.

13. 13 Iguana Here at the Dolphin Research Center, we found an iguana sunning itself.

14. 14 Old Seven Mile Bridge I’m on my bike at the Old Seven Mile Bridge, which is where the movie “True Lies” was filmed.

15. 15 Hawk This is a hawk that we saw on our bike ride.

16. 16 Holding Another Alligator Here I am holding another Alligator.

17. 17 Manatee Here is a manatee at the Lock. He’s a mammal, so he needs to breathe air. That’s why you see his nose.

18. 18 Manatee Here you can see the manatee’s full body.

19. 19 Manatee Here you see the fluke of a “Sea Cow”, which is what people call Manatees.

20. 20 Fun at the Pet Shop In the Pet Shop, I’m holding a bird.

21. 21 Love Birds Here I have 4 baby Love Birds on my shoulders. It really tickled. Florida definitely has a lot of Wildlife!!!