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Natural Habitats Center

This gallery features detailed and specimen-rich exhibits about the environments of South Florida. Learn about the organisms that live in the estuary at the child's interactive wall, a hands-on relief sculpture of the estuary in cross-section, which includes drawers containing natural science specimens. Watch images of underwater life in the estuary on large-format video screens. Explore the biology of estuarine organisms with touch-screen multimedia interactives. Find out about other environments of South Florida, including coral reefs, dunes, the Everglades, pine forests, and tropical hammocks.

sculpting child's wall
wall closeup
Sculptor Brian Chamberlain works on the child's interactive wall, a sculpted cross-section of the estuary.
Close-up view of animals among the mangrove roots on the child's interactive wall sculpture.

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Exhibit Walk-Through

Intro
Conclusion Intro
Mangrove
Mangrove Habitats
Today Habitats
Mangrove Habitats Underwater
Legacy
Fishing
House Mangrove Fishing Underwater Calusa
House
House Fishing
Legacy
Village Underwater Today
Conclusion

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