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    • Fossil Slab with Sea Urchins and Scallops
    • Fossil Slab with Sea Urchins and Scallops

    Fossil Slab

    This community of bottom-dwelling organisms was rapidly buried, providing a snapshot of marine life not normally […]

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    • Florida Rhino
    • Florida Rhino
    • Florida Rhino
    • Florida Rhino
    • Panama Rhino
    • Panama Rhino
    • Panama Rhino
    • Panama Rhino

    Rhinoceroses

    Rhinos originated in North America 55–50 million years ago, and were common in Florida until their […]

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    • Rhinoceros Bone Bed
    • Rhinoceros Bone Bed
    • Rhinoceros Bone Bed
    • Rhinoceros Bone Bed
    • Rhinoceros Bone Bed

    Rhinoceros Bone Bed

    Fossil evidence shows that the two-horned rhinoceros once roamed the plains of North America in great […]

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    • Giant Ground Sloth Skull and Claw
    • Giant Ground Sloth Claw
    • Giant Ground Sloth Skull
    • Giant Ground Sloth Skull, Teeth
    • Giant Armadillo Skull
    • Giant Armadillo Skull
    • Giant Armadillo Skull
    • Giant Armadillo Skull

    South American Species

    Giant Armadillos and Ground Sloths came to North America from the south during the interchange. Like […]

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    • Horse & Saber-toothed Cat Skulls
    • Horse Skull
    • Horse Skull
    • Horse Skull
    • Saber-toothed Cat Skull Fragment
    • Saber-toothed Cat Skull Fragment

    North American Species

    Horses evolved in North America and traveled south during the interchange, later becoming extinct in the […]

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    • Burmese Python
    • Burmese Python
    • Burmese Python

    Burmese Python

    This Python captured the world’s attention when park rangers found it and brought it to the […]

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    • Walking Catfish
    • Walking Catfish
    • Walking Catfish

    Walking Catfish

    These fish first appeared in Florida in the early 1960s as escapees of the aquarium trade. […]

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    • Lionfish
    • Lionfish
    • Lionfish
    • Lionfish
    • Lionfish

    Pacific Red Lionfish

    Lionfish were introduced to the Atlantic Coast of Florida in the 1980s by either release or […]

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    • Cuban Tree Frog
    • Cuban Tree Frog
    • Cuban Tree Frog
    • Cuban Tree Frog
    • Cuban Tree Frog

    Cuban Tree Frog

    The earliest records of Cuban Tree Frogs in Florida date to the 1920s in the Keys. […]

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    • Air Potato
    • Air Potato
    • Air Potato
    • Air Potato
    • Air Potato

    Air Potato

    Native to Tropical Asia, the air potato thrives in Florida due to the warm climate – […]

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