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Floating down the idyllic Silver River was the perfect mid-week refresh during our 50th anniversary celebration last month. 🚣♀️🐊☀️ As we canoed and paddleboarded down the five mile river, we saw a variety of wildlife including alligators, manatees, turtles, wood ducks, cormorants and more! We even spotted some members of the colony of non-native Rhesus macaque monkeys that reside in the park. (These monkeys were introduced to Silver Springs in 1938 when a tourboat operator released them to “enhance” his jungle-themed boat tour — serving as an important lesson on the long-term consequences tourism can have when not carried out responsibly.)
📸 by Anna Brown, Sarah Mandile, María Ramirez, Lindsay Taulbee