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Save the Manatee Club
The Save the Manatee Club is a membership-based, national non-profit organization. Funds from the Adopt-A-Manatee program go toward public awareness and education projects; manatee research; rescue and rehabilitation efforts; advocacy and legal action in order to ensure better protection for manatees and their habitat - www.savethemanatee.org
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Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park
A Florida State Park, Homosassa Springs is truly unique as a park featuring a wide variety of native wildlife including the endangered manatees, and a myriad of fresh and saltwater fish in a first-magnitude spring. A floating observatory allows visitors an underwater view of the spring with its resident manatees and the hundreds of fish who are free to come and go - www.floridastateparks.org
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Blue Spring State Park
Situated along the St. Johns River near Orange City, between Orlando and Daytona Beach, the Blue Spring State Park is Winter home to numerous endangered Florida manatees - www.floridastateparks.org
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Florida Power and Light Company
The Manatee Observation Center at Riviera Beach is usually open from January 2 through February 28 but due to the nation's heightened security status, it is currently closed - www.fpl.com
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Tampa Electric Company
The Manatee Viewing Center is open from November from 10am to 5pm through mid April. Enjoy movies, boardwalks, gardens and some of the best wildlife-watching in Tampa Bay - www.manatee-teco.com
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Lee County Manatee Park
Open all year round, Lee County Manatee Park at Fort Myers is winter home for the Florida Manatee. Free "All About Manatees" program daily at 11am and 2pm - November through March - www.leeparks.org
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Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa
Join our Zoo Keepers at the manatee amphitheater for the "Manatee Encounter" show. It's located just outside the Manatee Center. During this 15 minute long introduction to Florida's Endangered West Indian Manatee you'll learn about how Lowry Park Zoo actively helps in the preserving of this animal in the wild - www.lowryparkzoo.com
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SeaWorld Orlando
Visit Manatee Rescue and immerse yourself in the underwater world of the Florida manatee. Manatees who live in this habitat were rescued by SeaWorld. Often, Manatee Rescue becomes a manatee halfway house, where these endangered animals receive care before being released back into Florida waters - www.seaworld.com
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The Living Seas at Epcot
See Florida manatees close up in the Living Seas Pavilion at Walt Disney World, Epcot - www.disney.com
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