Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission has issued a list of the plants and animals protected under the Endangered Species Act in our state. There are eleven pages of names. The list even has 3 species of rats. Those miniature-sized Florida mice scurrying in the dunes and the white ibis feeding on the fairways are both of special concern. Florida's nesting sea turtles, the loggerheads, are on the threatened list.
Hunger is usually their lure beyond the burrow's portal.
They are strictly vegetarians so you might see some strawberries and corn and maybe a few hibiscus blossoms strewn nearby. Sometimes the squirrels nibble on the gophers' food but we make a concerted effort to only feed our captive animals. The indigo's blue-black skin is strikingly beautiful just after she has shed. There's probably more pictures of her in family albums than any other wild creature at Gumbo Limbo. For the last 40 years or so much of this once familiar Florida landscape has been turned into prime real estate.