Pictures of Florida's Wild Animals
Pictures of Florida's Wild Animals
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Turtle These unique reptiles (they are NOT amphibians) are well known for their ability to hide in their shells. Most can pull their whole arms, tails, and heads inside to hide from predators. However, the soft shell variety, pictured later, can only pull it's head in part way. The reason for this is their unusually long neck(fully extended it is quite humorous). They need this long neck since they are aquatic turtles, and enjoy laying on the bottom and stretching their head and neck up to breathe. Finally, if you hear a turtle "hiss" at you when they hide from you, they are not actually hissing. The hissing sound is caused by a rapid expulsion of air from their lungs to make room for their head!
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Commonality list This is my list of the likelihood of seeing various creatures based on my experiences. Of course, you have to be in the right habitat, the odds of seeing a Dolphin in the forest are not very good. Also, these are based a lot on my local area of Hillsborough County (Tampa). A hyperlink means some kind of info and probably some photos are available. Common If you are in the appropriate habitat, you should run into one of these. In many cases, you can't avoid them.
Uncommon These are harder to find. You'll have to spend some time outdoors and probably look a little for these. However, odds are you'll find one after a little effort.
Rare Difficult to find. Usually, it's just luck to find one, or you'll have to look very hard. You'll probably only see one every six months.
Ultra Rare Very difficult to find. Most people, even people who spend a fair amount of time outdoors, like me, never see one. Consider yourself truely priviledged if you do catch a glimpse of one in the wild.
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