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WEST INDIAN TUFTED AIRPLANT

This extreme close-up photo of a small butterwort flower won honorable mention in the "Florida Invertebrates and/or Wildflowers" category of the Orange Audubon Society's 2009 Kit & Sidney Chertok Nature Photography Contest.

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KEY DEER

Key deer are found only in the Florida keys.

The historical range extended from Key West probably up the chain of islands as far as Vaca Key. Now most of the population exists on Big Pine and No Name Keys.
This sub-species of white-tailed deer most likely migrated to the keys when a continuous land bridge existed. That would have been before the melting of the Wisconsin Glacier caused a rise of sea levels, dividing the area of the keys into separate islands. See below for a link to a historical perspective of sea levels and climate.
With a shoulder height of between 61-71 cm (24-28 in.), does weigh 45-65 pounds with bucks being about ten pounds heavier. Key deer feed on red, black and white mangroves, thatch palm berries and other native plants. They can tolerate small amounts of salt in their water, allowing them to drink from brackish sources, but do require fresh water to survive. Their greatest threat is from automobile collisions, prompting highly enforced lowered speed limits on Big Pine Key.

An excellent brief overview of current, recent and historical sea level and climate can be found at Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog on Weather Underground, a very good online weather center, especially for tropical weather information - a subject of special concern for Floridians.

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