When in South Florida, visit the South Florida Museum (and manatee rescue). It’s in downtown Bradenton and features a planetarium, an aquarium, and an eclectic* collection of artifacts. The manatee keeper provided an excellent narrative about the manatees. For manatees in the wild, see the post Manatees.
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- Manatee sculpture at the harbor.
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- Rescued manatee in the aquarium. Manatee that can be rehabilitated are released where they were found.
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- Prehistoric hunters hunt prehistoric buffalo.
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- Stuffed.
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- Dome clock. My parents had one something like this. They called it an anniversary clock because it only had to be wound once per year.
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- As this closeup reveals, this clock is more than possibly German. And maybe the identifying label has been switched with the next clock.
*eclectic (ĭ-klĕkˈtĭk)
adj. Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
In the case of this museum it means “some rich person donated a lot of their random stuff”