EPISODE 137

It feels so good to be back home! Not just because we're looking at such a great zoo, but... I know everything there is to know about the Cincinnati Zoo. Manatee Springs opened in 1999, the same year as Columbus's manatee facility but the biggest difference between the two is Cincinnati's is much, much more than manatees. Despite the exhibit's name this was designed as a celebration of Florida's overall rich biodiversity. There's two giant kinds of crocodilians, a snapping turtle, a lizard that can run on water, and many other animal oddities. This episode shines light on what it takes to rescue, rehabilitate, and release a manatee; the forgotten crocodilian of America; why invasive species are bad for ecosystems; and why on Earth there's a giant Asian snake displayed in an exhibit dedicated to Florida. 

Species List

Greenhouse 
1. Free-roaming - Grey Catbird, Downy Woodpecker, Red-winged Blackbird, and Rose-breasted Grosbeak
2. American Alligator
3. American Crocodile

Main Building
4. Alligator Snapping Turtle, Bluegill, Black Crappie
5. Green
6. Eastern Indigo Snake
7. Florida Manatee, Alligator Gar, Florida Gar, Longnose Gar
8. Common Cooter Turtle, Azureus Cichlid, Florida Gar, Longnose Gar
9. Apalachicola Kingsnake
10. Greater Siren
11. Two-toed Amphiuma
12. Grey Ratsnake
13. Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake
14. American Flagfish
15. Loggerhead Musk Turtle
16. Burmese Python 

Original 1999 Species List (not in order)Southern Copperhead
Florida Water Moccasin
American Alligator
Yellow Bullhead
Spitting Devil
Green Anole
Florida Softshell Turtle
Oak Toad
Southern Toad
Florida Snapping Turtle
American Crocodile
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
Predaceous Diving Beetle
Eastern Indigo Snake
Chain Pickerel
Eastern Mosquitofish
Gopher Tortoise
Zebra Longwing Butterfly
Water Scavenger Beetle
Barking Tree Frog
Channel Catfish
Scarlet Kingsnake
potted Gar
Longnose Gar
Florida Gar
Alligator Gar
Redbreast Sunfish
Bluegill
Red-ear Sunfish
Painted River Prawn
Alligator Snapping Turale
Largemouth Bass
Eastern Coral Snake
Golden Shiner
Florida Apple Snail
Black Crappie
Suwannee River Cooter
Florida Cooter
Peninsular Cooter
Redbelly Turtle
Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
Lesser Siren
Florida Manatee

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