Shark Attacks in Perspective – International Shark Attack File https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/odds/perspective/
Shark attack is probably the most feared natural danger
Shark attack is probably the most feared natural danger
Shark attack is probably the most feared natural danger
Shark attack is probably the most feared natural danger
Manatee Wood Stork „Endangered“ species are in danger
Manatee Wood Stork “Endangered” species are in danger
American Alligator „Endangered“ species are in danger
Turtles American Alligator “Endangered” species are in danger
TRAFFIC International, Species in Danger Series, Cambridge
Smooth Butterfly Ray Gymnura micrura This diamond-shaped ray is much wider than it is long, usually 3 to 4 feet wide, and its short tail lacks the ray’s usual spine. It can vary from light brown to gray to greenish, with lighter or darker spots, and can manipulate its shading to blend better
Danger to Humans This is a small ray that does not
Florida Museum of Natural History
last day to see the Wicked Plants exhibit before the danger
Clearnose Skate Raja eglanteria This diamond-shaped skate is generally a brown to gray color with darker spots and bars and some irregular lighter shapes. It is named for the translucent areas on either side of its rostral ridge, the triangle of its pointed snout. These skates live in the
Danger to Humans Danger to humans is extremely low.
Numerous threatened and endangered species reside in Florida’s rocky pinelands Numerous threatened and endangered species occur in the rocky pinelands of south Florida, including: silver thatch palm (Coccothrinax argentata) big pine partridge pea (Cassia keyensis) pride-of-big-pine (Stru
terms on page: endangered species: a species in danger
Red Drum Sciaenops ocellatus This large, elongated near-shore fish is a dark copper to pale silver color, with a distinct eye spot at the tail. It is very tolerant of water temperature variations as well as salinity levels so it ranges in a wide variety of habitats from surf zones and seagra
Danger to Humans Red drums pose no danger to humans
Yellow Stingray Urobatis jamaicensis These rays have a round pectoral disc and rounded pelvic fins, no dorsal fins on their short tail, and a venomous spine set back near their small caudal (tail) fin. They prefer sandy bottoms and shallow waters in the Gulf of Mexico and surrounding area of
Danger to Humans Tail spine of a yellow stingray.