I had to pick some way to group the pictures. I could have done by day, but decided to go with subject (lets see if that is still a good idea after a few updates). I will start out with animals. Figured it seemed fair. On a cautionary note, not one of these pictures has had any photo shopping. I normally at least touch the sharpness (and to down the resolution a bit so looking at them would be faster), but my computer died (yeah lots of things working against my update) and I have not installed any software on the new one yet. So these are right off the card.
So what do you think about when you think Florida. Well one thing is killer whales working to make people in the first few rows wet. The little guy had never seen one of these shows (so we had to get him here). I chose an action shot, as they are a bit harder to get (the SX260 does have a little delay, though not much). They do not have any called Shamu anymore, but its ok the ones they had were fine.
The seals did a spoof on the other shows (yes this is really a walrus). Didn't any of these kids pay attention during the day, everyone else knew what was coming (and it was not just a photo op with the Walrus). This was probably the funnest show (the seals really have some fun, in fact as they can not get the crowd as wet as a whale, one seal comes out carrying a hose - this works for him). That and the Walrus did a really good wiggle wiggle wiggle in the Party Rock Anthem.
Still in Sea World, here is a Seal in its normal habitat (a pool, not a stage). This one did not look too interested (people were allowed to buy fish and feed them, but this one was just enjoying the sun).
Well enough of SeaWorld, obviously, if you are thinking animals and Florida, Disney's Animal Kingdom comes to mind. This guy seems quite happy there (give him a head of lettuce, and he will just hang out and let people take pictures of him). There were quite a few of them together. It was interesting, almost like they were trained, they all picked up there food, and walked over to a nice area for better pictures.
Well, the little guys favorite animal is the elephant, so good we got to see one on the safari. There was also a little one following this one around. I have separate pictures of the two together (but those pictures were screaming out for a little modification). Animal Kingdom is nice as the animals do appear to be in more natural settings.
Well, good for me I guess. I always like the Rhinoceros, and lo and behold here one is. Probably could have cleaned up a little better for the picture, but I'll take it. They had both White and Black Rhinos, but I really did not see a color difference (probably because they are not named for the color).
Even EPCOT gets in on the animals with there Manatee. It is also eating lettuce (Disney must go through lots of lettuce). There were two in the tank that you could watch from above or below. This was the favorite of my oldest (who did not make the trip).
Though this one looks a little weird, I decided to use this giraffe (the wife's favorite animal and no we will not find the middle ones favorite animal, so she loses). You do not get a picture of a giraffe looking right at you too often, so it is a little different. This was taken at Silver Springs (I also got a Giraffe in the Animal Kingdom). Not sure why it was looking at me.
This was also taken at Silver Springs, and is one of the main attractions there. They have not one, but two albino alligators. They claim that they do not do well outside, and that they do have to put sunblock on them (I wonder who gets that job). These were inside (through glass hence the noise).
Ok, so this is cheating as we are no longer in Florida, but at South of the Border (at there reptile exhibit). Apparently nobody piles on the gators like South of the Border. I thought it was cool just to see so many in one little area.
Ok, so maybe not technically an animal, but definitely a creature many a man has hoped to run into while out boating. This was taken in Weeki Wachee. The Mermaid is also having a snack here (but she gets an apple, not lettuce). They have 2 shows, one the little mermaid (ok, so not too original) and the other a history show where they do some interesting feats. You can see a turtle swimming over her hand (many a turtle out in the spring).
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