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- The Museum of Discovery
and Science is a great place
for children and adults alike
to come have a great day,
an experience of learning and fun
with hands-on interactive exhibits.
When you first come down to the museum,
you will be able to
walk through and follow
the Florida water story,
immersed in our Florida ecoscape system.
As you continue on forward,
you're gonna find yourself
in our Florida storm center.
You're going to be able to step
into hurricane-force winds.
You'll be able to be a weather reporter
at a news station, and also
be able to make clouds,
and see all this phenomena take place.
From the weather, we're going to move over
into our Everglades area.
In the Everglades, you'll
be able to go on your own
virtual airboat ride, which will take you
through the Florida Everglades.
You'll be able to see and
feel what it's really like
to be out there in the swamps of Florida.
- This guy's name is Elvis.
He's what's called an
Eastern Indigo snake.
Eastern Indigos are
probably one of the rarest
native species of snakes
in the United States.
- Something unique here
at the Museum of Discovery
and Science is we do not
tape their mouths shut.
Their mouth is fully
functional, they can bite.
But by holding my fingers
here, I control his head.
So I can safely say to somebody,
would you like to pet
the gator, and they can.
- And we are standing at
our Otters at Play exhibit.
So this provides our guests
with a really up close
and personal look at our
otters, to see the way
that they swim while they're in the water,
and also how they interact with each other
while they're outside the water.
People will kind of just
comment to me about how cute
they are, and ask a lot of questions.
- Hands-on, it's awesome.
You can do a lot of things.
Like, she used to come
here when she was little.
And she's like, crazy about it.
- And when I was pregnant.
- Yeah, she keeps wanting to
come back here every week.
- We love the place.
I mean, whenever we get a chance, we come.
It's a great place to bring
your kids, they can run free.
Nobody bothers them,
and there's so much
interesting stuff to do.
- I would recommend it
to everyone of all ages.
You know, us as parents,
we're entertained.
There's all kinds of stuff for us to do,
and then chasing these guys around.
It's fun for everybody.
