The Florida
Manatee
These pictures of the
Florida Manatee were taken at the Manatee Viewing Center located next to the
Big Bend Power Plant in Apollo Beach, Florida. The center is owned and operated
by Tampa Electric Co. The Center is open from November 1 to April 15 and is
free of charge. Full details may be found by clicking here.
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The water is murky
because of the Hillsborough and Alafia Rivers flowing into Hillsborough Bay.
Both of these rivers are black water rivers, so called because of the high
level of tannic acid released into the rivers by decaying vegetation upstream.