Floridian Nature

Learn about Florida's beautiful and unique nature.

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Floridian Nature Videos
Welcome to our collection of Floridian Nature Videos. We have included a total of six videos: Florida Birds, Florida Endangered Species, Florida Reptiles, Florida Fish, Florida Mammals, Florida Plants and Trees, and Florida Nature Vacations. "Florida Birds" is a slideshow containing the photos of birds featured in our Florida Bird section. Florida has at least 480 verifiable species of birds. Florida bird habitats range from isolated islands of the Dry Tortugas to remote interior swamplands and our increasingly numerous suburban backyards. Florida is home to both year round birds and birds migrating here to find refuge from their snowy homeland winters. Over 175 bird species are known to breed in Florida and almost three hundred birds migrate here in the fall spring or winter months. Birds are the most colorful of all the vertebrates. Their coloration varies widely, not only from species to species but also within the species itself. Male and Female birds often have different colors of feathers, as do adults and their young. In total, 97 species of mammals are known to inhabit, or recently to have inhabited, the state of Florida and its surrounding waters. This includes a few species, such as the Black-tailed Jackrabbit and Red Deer, that were introduced after the European colonization of the Americas. The dolphin is the state saltwater mammal, the Florida Panther is the state mammal and the manatee is the state marine mammal. Rodents are the single largest group of mammals. Most people are familiar with mice, rats, hamsters, and guinea pigs, which are commonly kept as pets. The Rodentia also includes beavers, muskrats, porcupines, woodchucks, chipmunks, squirrels, prairie dogs, marmots, chinchillas, voles, lemmings, and many others. Florida marine mammals include the state marine mammal, the West Indian Manatee. It was designated the state marine mammal in 1975 and is protected by federal and state laws. Of the several whales seen close to Florida, the most frequent visitor is the Atlantic Northern Right Whale. Named as such because they were the "right" whales to kill, their only known calving ground is located off the coasts of Georgia and Florida. Pregnant females migrate from feeding grounds located far north and deliver calves from mid December to March. The most common dolphin in the state is the Bottlenose Dolphin. Dolphins, like manatees, are vulnerable to red tide and have mass fatalities when one occurs.