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Thousands Attend the 31st Orange City Manatee Festival with Blue Spring State Park!

01/27/2016

Manatees swim together Sunday (1/24/16) in the waters of Blue Spring State Park in Orange City. Thousands of people converged on the city and park over the weekend for the 31st annual Orange City Blue Spring Manatee Festival. News-Journal/LOLA GOMEZ...

Cool and Interesting Facts about Florida Manatees (Part 6) The Manatee Diet!

12/11/2015

West Indian Manatees at Blue Spring State Park – Orange City, Florida Greetings! Here is a continuation (part 6) with my blog on cool and interesting manatee facts for you. Today, I’ll be talking about the diet of us very unique marine...

Cool and Interesting Facts about Florida Manatees! (Part 1)

10/22/2015

The Florida Manatee – Subspecies of the West Indian Manatee Photo courtesy of Wayne Lynch It’s time to uncover some awesome facts about us Florida manatees! We Florida Manatees, actually belong to the order Sirenia and are a subspecies of the West...