Manatee Viewing Center, Apollo Beach, Florida

Spending time with our friends in Tampa, they took us to a free Manatee viewing center. What fun! I learned that they grow up to 12 feet and have a big flipper that propells them through the water. They are otherwise known as "seacows".
The ranger that was there giving a talk about these massive animals, told us they live to about 60 years old. The manatees we saw were staying warm in the waters surrounding a power plant.  We saw nearly 20 of them. We even got to see a mom and her baby. So sweet.  

Manatee coming up for air. They do so every 20 minutes or less.