Exploring Florida's Nature and Wildlife

There’s a place in Florida where manatees come so close you can see them breathing and it’s legal to watch. You’re in water crystal clear spring and thousand-pound manatee surfaces right next to you. Close enough to see its whiskers its scars. Way it exhales through nostrils before going back under. They’re not scared of you they’re curious. Winter brings hundreds of them seeking warm spring water when ocean gets too cold. Mothers with calves old bulls with propeller scars whole families floatin