Kate Bradshaw 2018-12-09 02:14:58
The Sunshine State is a special place that is full of surprises. Here are a few of those things that make Florida so uncommon. Florid -awww The Florida Keys’ cuddliest residents, Key Deer, are the smallest subspecies of American white-tailed deer in the U.S. The biggest among this endangered species stand just a meter tall. In plane view Flying through one of Florida’s airports? Thank Tony Jannus, who piloted the first scheduled commercial airline flight in history, from St. Petersburg to Tampa in 1914. Find a life-size replica of the plane at the St. Petersburg Museum of History. Southern Yeti? Want to learn the legend of Florida’s own mystery sasquatch? Head to the Skunk Ape Research Headquarters in Ochopee. Shells, stocked With biologists on staff and an estimated 2 million-plus shells under its roof, the Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum in Sanibel is dedicated solely to educating visitors about mollusks. Sporting science Think orange juice concentrate is the only beverage invented in Florida? Think again: University of Florida’s Dr. Robert Cade and his medical fellows developed Gatorade in the 1960s.
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