Remember this?

Walk down memory lane with us to look at past special exhibits we’ve enjoyed here at the Florida Museum! While this exhibit has moved on to other places, we treasured the opportunity to learn and explore. Find out what exhibits are currently here at the Museum:

Survival of the Slowest

This exhibit was on display January 23, 2021, through September 12, 2021

How can slow and steady win the race? Does bigger always mean better? In the Survival of the Slowest exhibit, we learned about animals that are slow, small or weak and explored how they use these traits to thrive!

Visitors got an up-close look at live animals, including a sloth, hedgehog, snake and turtle. The exhibit had a keeper onsite to answer visitor questions, hold daily presentations and ensure the animals were healthy and happy! Our guests got to meet creatures that have survived for millions of years despite their apparent disadvantages, and learn about the puzzling sides of evolution and adaptation. We discovered the difference between warm- and cold-blooded animals, and saw the unique ways they hide from predators.

Asian water dragon. Florida Museum photo by Jeff Gage

Green iguana and a red footed tortoise. Florida Museum photo by Jeff Gage

Bearded dragon. Florida Museum photo by Jeff Gage

The exhibit panels had a lot of great info about our exhibit residents. Florida Museum photo by Jeff Gage

Box turtle. Florida Museum photo by Jeff Gage

Visitors enjoyed getting to know many of our animal residents. Florida Museum photo by Jeff Gage

Survival of the Slowest is produced by Little Ray’s Nature Centres in partnership with the Canadian Museum of Nature and sponsored in part by Visit Gainesville/Alachua County, University of Florida Student Government and the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs.