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Safari- Lion Country Safari in Florida opened
in western Palm Beach in 1967. This was the first drive through cageless
zoo. Today, this is the home of over 1000 animals in which they have a 5
miles long area with trees, eating places, animal homes, and other
animals. When you are finished taking your adventure through the safari,
there is over 200 campsites, six stores, 2 food outlets, boat rides,
paddle boats, animals feeding, and mini golf. This is great place to go
if you like being around all kinds of animals. They sometimes even come
up to your windows. As time moves on workers say there is going to be an
increase in size by 50%. So now the animals will have a bigger home.
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Parasailing-
There are three methods of parasailing. However, winch parasailing is
more popular. A winch boat is a method of parasailing in which you go up
and come directly down. How high you want to go is up to you but, you
can only go up to 1,200 feet. Also at the end they dip you in the ocean
if you would like them to. |
Kennedy
Space Center-
Kennedy Space Center is NASA’s headquarters, here you learn the past,
the present, and of the future. You can hear live astronaut talk that is
when a real life astronaut talks and answers any questions the audience
have. You also can take bus rides to different sections of the space
center and while you are riding you can see all kinds of animals like
alligators, turtles, and more. You also can watch the Rockets being
launched and where they store the rockets. |
Alligators-
Alligators have roamed our earth for more than 65 million years. At
least 1 million of them live in Florida. In the Everglades alligators
are known as the king of the everglades. Alligators can live on land
but, prefer water. They eat any thing that they could get a hold of and
adult alligators can live up to 1 years without any food. Male
alligators can average up to 12 feet and females are 8 feet long. Baby
alligators are only 7inches long when they are born. Alligators have up
to 38 to 40 sharp teeth on his upper and lower jaws. While catching
their pray they loose some teeth and then finally grow back. An
alligator can loose up to 2 million to 3 million teeth a year. In 1973
alligators were declared an endangered species, but by 1980 there were
too many of them and they were taken off the list in 1983. Today,
alligators were used for meat and leather and are raised on special
farms in which Florida has 42 farms. |