Manatee vs. Human | Bigkitty Gallery

Created on: Friday 22 February 2013
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Seals in the harbor

It's 5 o'clock somewhere...(that is a IBC Black Cherry)

Heading to low tide

Beach by the pier

Enjoying a game in Orleans, MA with my dad

One coming to the surface

About 7 manatees

Gathering family members

Panama City Beach, FL

Belle and Sophie

Mine and Jacquie's toes

Calves and parents together

Nice view of a tail

Feel that cool water

They have left the park

Storm moving in

Wave crashing in

That's the purrrfect place to scratch!

Boy! This wolf pup is big!

That feels good!

Meet Bubbles, an African Elephant

A defiant Spider Crab

We brought you carrots.

She is a cute tiger.

Hey, what are you wearing? You smell good!

Cool reflecting wave

Cuddling a chimpanzee

Do you like carrots?

Yes, I'm cute. Thank you!

Small fish swimming against the current

Moss covered crab

Very wrinkly skin

Oh, it's on your shoe!

Now yours! Oh, but not your hand!

Horse shoe crab with barnacles

Meet Saiuka, a gibbon, a lesser ape.

Yes, I do! I'll take this one first!

Very cute and soft!

I can't believe I'm petting an elephant!

Yes, you can pet me too!

It's a bit hot today.

Erica holding a White Bengal tiger

Nice meeting you!

Holding on, not letting the waves take them away

What are you doing?

Petting a tiger cub

But he'd get along with the girls!

Crab with a mo hawk!

Smile for the camera!

So nice and soft!

Suryia and his little sister Apsara

He's soo little!

Red Tailed Hawk

My yearly Christmas/New Years trip to the Atlantic Ocean

This is the whole airport

Coming through!

Rocks rolled up onto the beach instead of shells

Look into my eyes!

Brian holding a White Bengal tiger

Oh wait, you're nice people!

I have the best eyes!

Back on the ramp to get onto the plane

Starboard bow view

Suryia and Moksha

Aries the Liger Baby Swimming

Bengal tiger cub

Hercules the Liger

Surf on the rocks

What a cute face!

Yes he is cute!

Ahhh, a cute black panther

No we can't keep him!

Dad says "Are you ready yet? It's cold!"

You are nice people. Very gentle with me. Thank you!

Another dorsal fin!

Cub Circle Tree

Liger at end of yawn

This cub is sucking the guy's finger.

Apsara Crazy Hair

Winter at the beach

Yogi the Gibbon

Dolphin off the starboard bow!

Yes? Don't worry, I see you.

Piping Plover eating food

Boy! He weighs a lot!

Even in winter the view is beautiful

People smile! I'm going to keep eating.

Suryia and Roscoe

Tiny black dot is the tip of the dolphin's fin

Ducking around some low trees

The dolphin came up again

African Porcupine

Rajani swimming with Bubbles

Wonderfully calm and serine

Dolphin of the port bow!

Tiny plane to Dothan

KOJ Bridge and Pond

Anjana and her Friends

Smooth black dorsal fin

Suryia and Doc SMILE!

Along the mangrove trees

Chakota the Wolf

Aries the Liger baby

Lots of birds live in there

Dad's got the rear of the kayak

Better view of it's back

Swimming right along

Still swimming starboard

Ojas and his human friends

Full life cycle of a jellyfish

Sea anemone on the tank wall

Suryia by the Pool Side

Seals hanging out in the waves

Bubbles Watermelon

Giant Pacific Octopus

Suryia Sparkly Eyes

Nice looking rapids

Prasad and Shannon

Mid stride run. Brian and Erica are in the upper left corner watching.

Valkyrie and Chris

Doc with the Orangs

Saiuka the Baby Gibbon

3 dolphins playing!

Giant Pacific Octopus

Bubbles in the River

CHAKWAR the African Porcupine

Jazz says "this is the only way to be in a pool."

Doc Antle with Bubbles

Archimedes the Owl

Georgia the Gator

Japanese Sea Nettles Information

Tunnel Vison Bub Bub

HERCULES THE LIGER

Dragon Seahorse

Mosksha and Monks

Lanka the Lepoard

Upside - Down Jelly Fish

Liger, Doc, Kody, and Rajani

Anjana, Mitra and Bhuva

Taking a break from driving to admire the view

Dragon Seahorse

Unknown type of shark with it's nose tilted up

Check out these teeth

Slight ramp to a covered sidewalk

Suryia, Bubbles, Buggy

Walkway from airplane to the airport

The airport is on the other side of these trees

Running after a mop head on a pully

Now we have 2 dolphins!

Chitta and Yana

Porcupine Puffer Fish

Pot-Belly Seahorse

Spectacular view

Stingrays and Sharks

Orangutan Family

Doc and Bubbles

Bubbles and Apsara

Banana Binturong

Porcupine Puffer Fish

Mom (in the green shirt) just past security

Mitra and Chris

A sand tiger shark

I've got it in my sights!

Head and a dorsal fin off the port quarter

What is "Live Parking"?

Watch the luggage come off

Brownbanded Bamboo Shark and 2 Horseshoe Crabs

Bubbles and Doc in river

Sawtooth Shark swimming away

Atlantic Sea Nettles

Sand Tiger Shark belly

Nice view of rolling hills

Rahmesh Swimming

Relaxing at Surfside Beach

Brownbanded Bamboo Shark

Coming in for a landing

Getting closer!

Atlantic Sea Nettles

Cownose Stingray

Porcupine Puffer Fish

1 dolphin went down, so now 2

In Defence of Nassau

Pot-Belly Seahorse Information

Japanese Sea Nettles

Japanese Sea Nettles

Side view of a sand tiger shark

Stopping for a drink

Sand Tiger Shark information

White and yellow fish in the shark tank

Govinda and Sloka

Cownose Stingray

2 dolphins swimming away

Whitespotted bamboo shark and a Brownbanded Bamboo Shark

What the mop head looks like.

Jellyfish Life Cycle: Medusa

Jellyfish Medusa

Sharks and fish

Beautiful wingspan!

Sheepshead fish

Underside of a Sawtooth Shark

Where we are while looking at the Liger

Upside - Down Jelly Fish

Jellyfish Life Cycle: Polyp

Look at those muscles!

2 wolfs walking around

Upside - Down Jelly Fish Habitat

We entered the Shark Tunnel

Tarpon and sharks

Random blue fish

2 swimming close to each other

Porcupine Puffer Fish

Cheetah and handlers

Belly of a stingray

Back of a Caribbean Spiny Lobster

Ice washed up the beach

Snow drifts into the beach grass

Clouds moving in

Upside - Down Jelly Fish Information

The Fine Forts of Nassau

Caribbean Spiny Lobster information

My hat to keep me warm

Hello, Bubbles!

I touched a Moon jellyfish

A lobster and blue colored fish

Exit certain doom

Dorsal view of a soapfish

AA League in Cape Cod, number 27 year of 2013

Jellyfish Life Cycle: Ephyrae

Fish identification in Rainbow Rock

Porcupinefish and Puffers information

It swam over the tunnel

More Rainbow Rock fish

Couple more sharks

Sand Tiger Shark gliding along the tunnel

Soapfish around the rocks

Few different sharks and fish

Sprinkles falling

Atlantic Sea Nettles Information

Jellyfish Life Cycle:Medusa part 2

Blacktip Reef Shark

Liger getting meat

Fish scatter as a shark nears

Possibly Spadefish

Another view of the fish with the cage

Parrotfish Information

Manatee skeleton

Clownfish and Anemone

The winter weather takes over the Fall footprints

School of fish with a cage

Another view of the same Moray Eel

I love to chew things.

Blacktip Reef Shark

Rainbow Rock information

One pop back up in front of us.

Sawtooth shark as it swims above us, while we are in the tunnel

Yeah, she's nuts!

The cheetah walking in front of us

Lynx cub batting at a feather

Small fish (unknown type)

Redtail Catfish information

General fish in a large tank

Testing the water while being rained on

Stingray gliding through

Manatee is related to an elephant

Setting out into Estero Bay

Beautiful calm ocean

Brian choosing what pictures to take

Mom Calhoun and Stephen

Banana Slug information

Now they scatter because of a stingray

Jellyfish polyps

Long line of a wave

Fort Finncastle and the Water tower

Anthias Information

Cheetah lounging

Mini splashes of the wave

Fish in Rainbow Rock

Surfside Beach Pier

Dragonflies taking a trip with us

Other creatures you can see at the park

Erica at the top of the Queen's Staircase

Closer look at that clownfish pushing into the anemone

Getting ready to go.

The wave is dying, not bubbling up

The underside of the clouds reflect the reds

Wonderful colors!

Discus Fish information

Unknown fish inside the catfish tank

Sand Tiger Shark

Captain John working the boat

Split rolling wave

Another one is coming

Seaweed at sunrise

Couple of manatees (one with part of head out of water)

The wave is here!

Erica's white legs that got very burnt

That was refreshing

Cirrus and Cumulus clouds in the background

I can't believe I'm driving this thing!

Anatomy of a Manatee

Andrew Deveaux Jr., Don Juan Manuel de Cagigal, and Esek Hopkins

This island was home to the Calusa

Roadside view of the mountains

The sky is dull today, the waves are a brighter white than the clouds

What you see when looking straight up on the Queen's Staircase

Catfish, stingray, and unknown fish

Yeah! This is great!

Crap! The sun's in my eyes again!

Here is the real lighthouse, though not used anymore.

Mound Key State Archaeological Site information

There's a dolphin!

Walking in Fort Charlotte

Overall a calm ocean

Heading toward a slightly larger island

John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore

Soapfish Information

Another view of Fort Charlotte

Vintage look for one scene

Paddling next to the shore

View of the airport from the airplane

Foliage around the Queen's Staircase

Dark blue wave rolling in

Dragonflies have returned

How they made their canoes

Waves reflecting the beautiful colors 6:32 am

Sunrise at the beach

Redtail Catfish

Wave on the up side

Yeah, it's great alright...watch where you're going!

Bit of pink in the sky

In a bit more shallower water

Herons at the water's egde

First walk to the bear tree...here's Erica

The wave fizzled

Manatee vs. Human

That's the 4 story lighthouse.

It's in my eyes!

Beautiful sunset while on our tour

The front of the Norwegian Gem

A mix of all that is in the tank

Captain Woodes Rogers' journal

Banana Slugs all over this habitat

Gain Knowledge of these Fortress Guns

Water drops flying from the wave

Drift wood at dusk

Lovely pink hues

NCL Gem boat artwork

Christopher Columbus, Woodes Rogers and Edward Teach

Strengthening the Defenses

Final view before I leave 6:58 am

Raindrop fell again

Another view of 6:20 am

See for Yourself

Southeast at 6:36 am

Buildings in the distance

Looking a bit south 6:52 am

Larger tree of moss

Who carved the graffiti?

Starting to leave the park

Fort Finncastle (different angle)

Edward Teach (Blackbeard)

Looks like a smaller area on a map

Peaceful picture

Wonderful clouds at sunset

Almost looks like the sky has fire in it

Inside the jail

NCL Gem Pool Deck

Map of Americas

Cactus growing everywhere

Fort Nassau September 15, 1718

The whole side view we had

Going around different small islands

Nice tree of Spanish moss

The wave crashed

Yes! Now even faster!

Oh no! Erica's at the helm!

The Hilltop Fortress

More small islands

View from the bench

War! And Peace?

Closer view of the field

Train we took a ride on

Wonderful colors

A look a bit north

Splashing in the waves

Beautiful pinks come in at 6:45 am

Hey what are you doing with my camera?

Conflicts in the New World

Cloudy mountains

There are a lot of these pink flowers

Looking up from the bench

Bow of the Enchantress

Why These Places Have Failed Us

Starting to crest

Purpose of holes in the casemate

What do manatees eat?

Golden hues coming more

Won't you look at that wave!

To Set a Warship Ablaze

Bright pink ones

Sun rays bouncing off the clouds

Jazz in her car seat

Southeast view of the beach

Same seaweed but now it's 6:44 am

Beautiful start to a day

Beautiful crashing

Nice evening for sailing

Dividing the Loot

Starting to crest

Stephen was caught!

Need more speed!

Timeline: Nassau Harbour

Various plants on Mound Key, FL

Contraptions to hold pirates

Even small waves can be violent

View looking forward

Explaining how gross it was

Pirate paintings

Brad walking to the bear tree

Wave after wave after wave

Erica hanging out

"I can't believe I was ever afraid of this!"

Brian hanging out

Part of Providence Island

Heading out to the ocean

Fortifying New Providence

Who built Fort Charlotte?

Press Yard Info

Both of us lounging on top of the cabin

Man! I'm going backwards!

The Ruths talking to the guide

Cool and warm colors merging

What? I can't hear you there is water in my ears.

More Pirate Artifacts

Sunset while sailing on the Enchantress

Red hues are showing more now

You didn't move out of the way?!?

Golden sunset glow fighting the nighttime blue

True, pirates were black

Walking around in port

Why Did Pirates Disappear?

Setting out to sea

The black dot is Erica's head

What Lord Dunmore has done

The Regiments of Fort Charlotte

Still doing good...I think I like ziplines.

Sun starting to set

Read Elding Info

Waiting for a Hanged Pirate

Wonderful weather

Love the color of the sky!

Pirate Artifacts

Sunset red hues on the puffy clouds

Fort Stanley and Fort D'Arcy

More wonderful reds

Rays pushing their way past the trees

Bahama Island Coat of Arms

She's going for the wave!

Enjoying some wine and the view

Shanty Town mock-up

The Attractions of Piracy

Top view of Blacktip Reef

"Yep I'm doing this!"

Front entry waterfall

Twisted Sister Vineyard

Shows how some stuff was stored

Black pirates in the Caribbean?

Calm water sailing

Wonderful views

Conditions below deck

Almost there...

Oh that was fun!

Waves onto the shore

What has become of the old well?

The "Revenge" ship info

Barrels on a ship

I'm aiming to land right there!

People of Fort Charlotte

With every drop you drink...

Life in the Merchant Navy

Many pirates kept parrots...T/F?

Pirates with the islanders

A marooned pirate

The conductor of the train

Beer Lane, London, England 1735

Second line, and doing good

Sea horse hiding and Brain Coral

I think I like this!

True, pirates had parrots

This one has a higher drop!

Calypso, a 3 leg Green Sea Turtle

Side of another train at the platform

Banggai Cardinalfish

Reach for it...

Brian on the train

Black sea urchin with Banggai Cardinalfish

Above the water view of Calypso a Green Sea Turtle

Yeah that was fun!

Aft of a ship decorations

What fun we had!

Top of the sails

Without Water...

Different states of water

Unknown fish but it looks cool!

Needing to stop now

Shrimp hiding in the rock

"I can't believe I'm doing this!"

Fangtooth model

Random coral on shipwreck stuff

I've got this...I think...

Line 3 and doing good.

Small fish with snails

Possible Treadfin Butterflyfish

Swainson’s lorikeet in the Australia: Wild Extremes

Beautiful sunset!

Wonderful rainbow of sunset colors

Cross section of a lake

Touissaint Louverture

The pilot of this cruise

A whale of a bone

Panther Grouper

Long-tail Knifefish electromagnetic field

Peacock Mantis Shrimp

Longhorn Cowfish

Different Coral

Tail of a fin whale

Yep, that's a bigger drop!

Percula Clownfish

Giant Waxy Tree Frog

It's almost fully up

Yellow tang fishes swimming around

Skeleton of a Fin Whale from Cape Cod

Walking on the platform

Diamondback Terrapin at the Maryland Exhibit

Longsnout sea horses

Spotfin Butterflyfish

Creatures of the abyss

Random fish in the exhibit: North Atlantic to the Pacific

Even the ropes can't hinder the view

We made it to land!

Poison dart frog

Sailing during wonderful weather

Sandbar shark swimming above the nurse shark and stingray

Looking up before sailing off

Gray unknown fish

Building Fort Charlotte

Copperband Butterflyfish

Brian lounging during the sail

The sail is fully up

A train we pass on our short round trip ride

Copperband Butterflyfish

Closer view of the stingray

Another bird in the Rain forest

Palette Surgeonfish

View of the screens going down the escalator

Erica helped raise the sail

Orange-ish Sunflower Sea Star

Headed back to land

Random small fish

South American Yellow-footed Tortoise

Lantern Fish Model

Nurse shark and a stingray

Awesome sign we found in the train yard

Emerald tree boa

On the right - Silver Arowana

Brad and Cheryl waiting to set sail

Neat unknown fish

Emerald tree boa

Schooner Serenity

George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge

Possible Emperor Angelfish and a Treadfin Butterflyfish

Yeah, I can do this again!

Better look at the moon jellyfish

Yellow seahorse

Stingray gliding

Sunflower sea star

Sunset view from land on Yorktown Beach

Looking out toward the ocean via the York River

Little shaky camera, but still nice

Erica's favorite one

Red Coral Sea Fan

White-blotched river sting ray

Puffin on a rock

Wolf Eel, Atlantic Creole Fish

Nice even though the camera moved

Red burst with a little camera movement

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