Meet the Animals of Everglades National Park

that visitors often see around the Ten Thousand Islands

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Meet The Mammals

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West Indian Manatee

Year-round

I'm an herbivore with an appetite! I can consume 10% of my body weight in vegetation every day.
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Bottlenose Dolphin

Year-round

I'm a social butterfly—I mean—dolphin! I call my friends and family using different whistles, just like you use names!
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Meet The Birds

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Osprey

Year-round

Build it bigger, I say. I make large nests of sticks lined with other materials such as seaweed or bark.
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Roseate Spoonbill

Migratory

I wasn't born this fabulously pink. But look at me now. And my spoon-shaped bill? Well, I like to stir things up.
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Bald Eagle

Migratory

I see you there. I have excellent eyesight—four times as powerful as yours. I'm not bragging, just stating the facts.
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Great Blue Heron

Year-round

I'm a patient hunter. You can find me standing motionless for long periods of time in shallow waters.
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Brown Pelican

Year-round

The more the merrier, mariner! We brown pelicans love to roost and fly together in groups.
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Double-Crested Cormorant

Year-round

We'll race you to the bottom! Our special feathers and low buoyancy let us dive up to 25 feet underwater.
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Meet The Reptiles 

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Green Sea Turtle

Year-round

I might live as long as you. Did you know the word "octogenarian" means 80 year old? If you didn't, you do now.
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Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Migratory

I love to travel! I plan to swim thousands of miles between where I eat and where I build my nest.