Mote Aquarium Sarasota, Florida

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Wheels on the ground. Sorry about that for those of you who wanted me to crash. The furious 6 know what I am talking about.

Give me some time to sort through the pictures. Didn't bring a laptop with me this year.

 

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Mantis peeking out of conch shell

 

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The seahorse breeding program gets better every year.

 

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This Ray must have liked me because fter I fed it it just kept coming back for more.

This is the Baracuda that chickened out on me as I was trying to feed him.

 

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Thats it for right now. More later after some editing.

 

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They are a Marine Mammal Rehab institute as well as a Marine fish research facility. This Little guy was hit by a boat severing the nerves to his rear flippers. He has figured out a way to use his front flippers independently and although there is air trapped under his rear shell he can dive under the water and has figured out that if he swims under the green structure/jungle gym type thing in the tank that he can stay there submerged for a good deal of time

 

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These 2 females have been raised in captivity and were used to educate students on them. They are now retired at mote and have been working with the students there.

 

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More to come.

 

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Nice sunset pic

 

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One more of Charlie