Check out this underwater camera and take a dive into Homosassa Springs, where the natural freshwater spring bowl remains a constant 72-degree temperature year-round. Gaze into the crystal-clear Florida water and peek at Florida’s most beloved aquatic mammal, the West Indian manatee.
Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park provides a sanctuary and home to manatees that cannot be released into the wild. The park also serves as a rehabilitation facility for injured or sick manatee.
Save the Manatee Club’s Adopt-A-Manatee ®
Save the Manatee Club is an award-winning national nonprofit 501(c)(3) and membership-based organization established in 1981 by renowned singer/songwriter, Jimmy Buffett, and former U.S. Senator, Bob Graham, when he was governor of Florida.
Their mission is to protect manatees and their aquatic habitat for future generations. The live webcams at the protected warm water winter sanctuary at Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park and Blue Springs State Park will give viewers from around the world the chance to observe manatees and other species in their natural habitat.
To learn more, visit their website, savethemanatee.org/adopt.
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