urbpan: (dandelion)
urbpan ([personal profile] urbpan) wrote2014-09-11 07:15 am

Orlando Science Center

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Orlando Science Center is not too different from the Boston Museum of Science where I got my start in animal care. They have a lot more alligators though.


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Mata mata turtle.

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Mudskipper.

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Surinam toad.

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Aluminum cast of a fire ant nest.

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One-armed overhead manatee skeleton.

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My brother getting some shots of a tegu who is about to have a lot of trouble eating a hard-boiled egg.

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Oh the difficulties of not having opposable thumbs.

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This is a good thing to have in a Science Museum. Done by my friend Katie who works there and gave us an amazing tour.

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Gopher tortoise.

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This is one of the baby alligators they take out for people to pet after they watch the alligator feeding presentation.

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Safety first. A little humor on the behind the scenes bulletin board.

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Petting the baby alligator.

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SCIENCE.

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Wait, what?