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Manatee County elephant encounter hopes to turn visitors into conservationists MANATEE COUNTY – At 9,000 pounds, standing 14 feet tall at the shoulders and leading the way with 3-foot long tusks, Lou will not perform tricks, twirl in a pink tutu like a ballerina, nor pull handstands for rewards. Sheer presence alone is enough to command her audience. Her audience today is mostly two small vanloads of visitors from The Haven in Sarasota. They have brought with them a variety of disabilities which have, in this moment, dissipated during an encounter like none other. With close supervision by...

PUNTA GORDA – The day is overcast, with a slight drizzle. And that makes the young lizards in Ty Park’s hands look even more dazzling, the rainbow as a living organism. They are contrasting shades of green and yellow and grey and sherbet orange – but they’re the same species, commonly known as the green iguana. Cultivated genetic variations account for the diverse colors, and the specimens here carry traits for hypomelanism, or reduced pigmentation. That means they can be bred for albinism, or pretty much any shade within the spectrum of their recessive genes. And in this subculture o...

Iguanaland is located in Punta Gorda, and owner Ty Park is trying to become the Lizard King. 

Watch the trailer for The Serpent Tom Shankland took me out some time late in the summer of 2013. He had a story, so he said, something he thought I should write… The sequence of events that entwined the lives of Charles Sobhraj and Herman Knippenberg is a tale that worms its way into you. There are circularities, coincidences and synchronicities so awful and outrageous you gape. But, at the end of that night, Tom had me. I was in. Three years later, I had the great privilege of meeting Herman for the first time. There is nothing awful or outrageous about him. Which I was grateful to have e...

"okay" not only bad, but annoying. maybe needless to say, andi is out of there. she is -- >> decided to leave. >> she decided to leave. she is done. so much for that. okay. shirtless count, shirtless count, kiss count, three. tears count, nil. the shirtless count stops at five. there you go. for the women. so two women remaining. nikki and clare. the women tell all next week. uh-oh. i got to go. >> see you, jack. >> can't wait for next week. >> oh, i know. you're so excited. >> i like jack better than the show. let's talk about more things going on. main character in a much-anticipated movie, ...