The Florida Oceanographic Society has a 57 acre marine life center that is dedicated to research and teaching about the water environment that we live in here in Florida. The center has 4300 species of plants and animals and is located on Hutchinson Island just off the coast of Stuart, Florida. There are many interesting exhibits and aquarium inside, and the game fish, stingrays, and sea turtles are outside.
Here's Kitty and me as we get started on the tour.
Our first stop was at the 10,000 gallon stingray tank where they let you actually feed the stingrays. Kids and adults had a great time feeding and touching the stingrays like this guy in the picture below. Their barbs have been removed so they can't sting you even if they don't like what you're feeding them!
I think he's waving at me!
This guy likes to lay on the bottom and people watch!
Smile for the camera!
We headed to the sea turtle exhibit, and passed the game fish lagoon on the way.
I couldn't get any good pictures at the sea turtle display because the sun was reflecting off the water making it difficult to get a good picture. But, we did get to see a rather large sea turtle enjoying his new home after being rescued from a fishing net.
Well, the sun is getting hotter and our stomachs are telling us it's getting close to lunch time. We enjoyed the oceanographic center and even us ole timers learned a thing or two while we were there. It's a great place for the whole family with things to see and do for people of all ages.
Did someone say Cracker Barrel?
Did someone say Cracker Barrel?
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