Animal Life Today
Found in and around Wakulla Springs are West Indian Manatees, White-tailed deer, North American River Otters, American Alligators, Suwannee River Cooters (Pseudemys suwanniensis), snapping turtles, softshell turtles, Limpkin, Purple Gallinules, herons, egrets, Bald Eagles, Anhingas, Ospreys, Common Moorhens, Wood Ducks, Black Vultures and Turkey Vultures.
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