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Jungle Island

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Jungle Island (formerly Parrot Jungle) is a zoological theme park on Watson Island, Miami, Florida, United States. [1]

38 relations: African penguin, Alligator snapping turtle, Andean condor, Animal theme park, Bill Haast, Boa constrictor, Carbon credit, Cassowary, Coral, Everglades, Everglades Foundation, Florida, Florida State Road 990, Greater Downtown Miami, Hammock (ecology), Homestead, Florida, Jimmy Carter, King vulture, Lemur, Liger, Lion, MacArthur Causeway, Miami, Military macaw, Monkey Jungle, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, Pinecrest Gardens, Pinecrest, Florida, Red Road (Miami), Steven Spielberg, Sulphur-crested cockatoo, Tiger, Tourist attraction, United States, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Watson Island, Winston Churchill.

African penguin

The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as the jackass penguin and black-footed penguin, is a species of penguin, confined to southern African waters.

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Alligator snapping turtle

The alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) is a species of turtle in the family Chelydridae, native to freshwater habitats in the United States.

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Andean condor

The Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) is a South American bird in the New World vulture family Cathartidae and is the only member of the genus Vultur.

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Animal theme park

An animal theme park, also known as a zoological theme park, is a combination of a theme park and a zoological park, mainly for entertainment, amusement, and commercial purposes.

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Bill Haast

Bill Haast (December 30, 1910 – June 15, 2011) was the director of the Miami Serpentarium Laboratories, a facility near Miami, Florida that produces snake venom for medical and research use.

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Boa constrictor

The boa constrictor (Boa constrictor), also called the red-tailed boa or the common boa, is a species of large, heavy-bodied snake that is frequently kept and bred in captivity.

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Carbon credit

A carbon credit is a generic term for any tradable certificate or permit representing the right to emit one tonne of carbon dioxide or the mass of another greenhouse gas with a carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) equivalent to one tonne of carbon dioxide.

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Cassowary

Cassowaries, genus Casuarius, are ratites (flightless birds without a keel on their sternum bone) that are native to the tropical forests of New Guinea (Papua New Guinea and Indonesia), nearby islands, and northeastern Australia.

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Coral

Corals are marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria.

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Everglades

The Everglades is a natural region of tropical wetlands in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large drainage basin and part of the neotropic ecozone.

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Everglades Foundation

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Florida

Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.

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Florida State Road 990

State Road 990 (SR 990) is the central section of the approximately Killian Drive, also known as Killian Parkway, Southwest 104th Street and Southwest 112th Street and historically South Kendall Drive, located in southern Miami-Dade County, Florida.

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Greater Downtown Miami

Downtown Miami is an urban city center, based around the Central Business District of Miami, Florida, United States.

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Hammock (ecology)

Hammock is a term used in the southeastern United States for stands of trees, usually hardwood, that form an ecological island in a contrasting ecosystem.

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Homestead, Florida

Homestead is a city within Miami-Dade County in the U.S. state of Florida, between Biscayne National Park to the east and Everglades National Park to the west.

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Jimmy Carter

James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981.

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King vulture

The king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) is a large bird found in Central and South America.

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Lemur

Lemurs are a clade of strepsirrhine primates endemic to the island of Madagascar.

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Liger

The liger is a hybrid offspring of a male lion (Panthera leo) and a female tiger (Panthera tigris).

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Lion

The lion (Panthera leo) is a species in the cat family (Felidae).

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MacArthur Causeway

The General Douglas MacArthur Causeway is a six-lane causeway which connects Downtown, Miami, Florida and South Beach, Miami Beach via Biscayne Bay.

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Miami

Miami is a major port city on the Atlantic coast of south Florida in the southeastern United States.

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Military macaw

The military macaw (Ara militaris) is a large parrot and a medium-sized macaw.

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Monkey Jungle

Monkey Jungle is a wildlife park established in 1933 for the exhibition and study of endangered monkeys in semi-natural habitats.

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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Pinecrest Gardens

Pinecrest Gardens is a park in Pinecrest, Florida on the corner of Southwest 111th Street (Killian Drive) and Southwest 57th Avenue (Red Road).

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Pinecrest, Florida

Pinecrest is an affluent suburban village in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States of America.

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Red Road (Miami)

Red Road, also known as West 57th Avenue, is a main north-south street running west of downtown Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida and into Broward County.

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Steven Spielberg

Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker.

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Sulphur-crested cockatoo

The sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) is a relatively large white cockatoo found in wooded habitats in Australia, and New Guinea and some of the islands of Indonesia.

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Tiger

The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest cat species, most recognizable for its pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with a lighter underside.

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Tourist attraction

A tourist attraction is a place of interest where tourists visit, typically for its inherent or exhibited natural or cultural value, historical significance, natural or built beauty, offering leisure and amusement.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency is an independent agency of the United States federal government for environmental protection.

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Watson Island

Watson Island is a neighborhood and man-made island in Biscayne Bay, in Miami, Florida, United States.

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Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.

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Redirects here:

Parrot Jungle, Parrot Jungle Island, Parrot Jungle and Gardens.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle_Island

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