Monday, October 5, 2009

Mastadon at the Museum of Florida History

 
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Last week I visited the Museum of Florida History in downtown Tallahassee. The museum opened in 1977 with an emphasis on collecting and preserving evidence of the past and present cultures in our state, while promoting knowledge and an appreciation of our heritage by focusing on artifacts and eras unique to Florida's development and on roles that Floridians have played in national and global events. It is a popular destination for school children on field trips and tourists visiting the state Captitol. I will be featuring some pictures from the museum this week and I'm starting off with a picture of the eleven foot tall fully restored mastodon skeleton that greets you as you walk into the museum. It was recovered from Wakulla Springs, which is located just south of Tallahassee.

16 comments:

Leif Hagen said...

Dem bones, dem bones, dem - dry bones! HUGE portrait!

Hilda said...

It's awesome! The museum sounds like a great place to visit and I'm definitely going to enjoy your new series!

B SQUARED said...

Looks like he used to play for the Noles. Bobby could use him now.

Anonymous said...

11 ft tall? Jeeeez, I knew they were big, but not that big - That's MONSTROUS! & he was found in Florida? How cool is that

Beth Niquette said...

Wow--that fellow must have been one scary big animal! EEeeek!

Halcyon said...

Very cool! I find it amazing that people can piece those old bones together.

That Hank said...

That thing scared the bejesus out of me as a 5 year old.

Lisa Wilson said...

I love this photo! I look forward to your museum pics this week!

Darla said...

So weird looking to me!

Unknown said...

Very impressive! great shot, Lois!

Lowell said...

That's fascinating, Lois. "They" also found an entire mastodon skeleton at Silver Springs some years ago!

Those things must have ruled the earth.

An excellent photograph!

Don and Krise said...

Wow, he's a big 'un! I can't wait to see what else there is in this series.

Anonymous said...

Seeing such an animal just boggles my mind.

squirrel said...

Very nice. I graduated from Leon High in the mid-sixties and that certainly wasn't there when I was. Thanks for sharing.

LadyFi said...

Amazing and impressive creature!

Clytie said...

Impressive picture of a massive beast.