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Leicester Golfer Celebrates First-Ever PGA Tour Canada Top Five Finish At Discovery Cove
Two-time All-American golfer, Greg Eason, originally from Leicester, celebrated his first-ever PGA Tour Canada Top 5 finish by immersing himself in a tropical paradise at Discovery Cove in Orlando. Eason swam with dolphins, snorkelled with rays and thousands of tropical fish, hand-fed exotic birds and even came face-to-face with a kinkajou during his day of […]
Busch Gardens Rescues American Bald Eagle On Fourth Of July
It was a holiday to remember as Busch Gardens Tampa rescued a southern American Bald Eagle on the Fourth of July. The park’s veterinary staff performed surgery yesterday morning on the bald eagle at the park’s state-of-the-art Animal Care Center after the eagle was found on MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, unable to fly. Military police, […]
Ihu’s Breakaway Falls Is Now Open
Ihu’s Breakaway Falls – the tallest, steepest and only multi-drop tower slide of its kind in Orlando – is now open at Aquatica water park. Riders climb 126 steps to the top of the eight-story tower, which stands at almost 80 feet tall, stepping into one of three ‘breakaway boxes’. As the door closes, riders […]
Rock N’ Rollercoaster – Late Night Thrills, Rock Music And Fireworks At Busch Gardens This Summer
A summer season of up-close animal encounters, rollercoasters in the dark and rock music shows to thrill the whole family kicks off at Busch Gardens, Florida, from 28 June. Included with any admission ticket to Busch Gardens, the Summer Nights series provide guests with an explosive encore every night, ending in an impressive fireworks display […]
Research Provides Strongest Evidence Yet That Killer Whales Can Learn Dialects
A team of scientists from Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute (HSWRI) and SeaWorld San Diego has provided the strongest evidence yet that killer whale dialects are learned. Published today in the Journal of Experimental Biology, the study found that juvenile male killer whales are capable of learning new call types when they undergo a change in social […]
Second Dolphin In Just Over Two Months Born At Discovery Cove
A female Atlantic bottlenose dolphin has been born at Orlando’s Discovery Cove – the second calf to be born at the park in just over a month. The newest calf – which is currently unnamed – weighs around 22 kilograms and is almost 120 centimetres long. The Discovery Cove Zoological Team is providing around-the-clock care […]
Kicking The Bottle…Four Baby Manatees Enjoy Their Last Bottle Feed At SeaWorld Orlando
Four manatee calves are fed their last bottles by the Animal Care Team at SeaWorld Orlando before they move on to solid food – romaine lettuce. The four calves, Laverne, Squiggy, Carmine and Leonard, were rescued after being found abandoned in Florida waters. Assisting these abandoned calves is crucial to their survival as they depend […]
Falcon’s Fury Rising Late Summer 2014
Busch Gardens Tampa is taking guests’ experiences to new heights with Falcon’s Fury, the first drop tower of its kind in the world, mimicking the dive speeds of the fastest animal on earth*. The ride is set to open in late summer. Falcon’s Fury will stand at 335 feet (102 metres) tall and take riders […]
27th Dolphin Born At Discovery Cove
New arrival is doing swimmingly A female dolphin calf has been born at Discovery Cove in Orlando, Florida. The calf, which has yet to be named, weighs more than 24 kilograms and is nursing as well as bonding well with her mother, Rose. This is Rose’s second birth and the 27th dolphin to be born […]