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What are 10 facts on the Everglades?

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1. Home to state animal: the Panther
2. Home to manatees because of all the warm water and mangroves.
3. 4,300 square miles
4. 470 species of animals
5. 5000 species of plants
6. Brackish water that flows at 1 mph
7. Rangers set woods on fire to kill bad plants. The good plants (pines) have a protective bark that protects them.
8. A small part of it goes from Florida to Texas
9. When Hurricane Andrew came it uprooted thousands of plants
10. Located in southern Florida

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