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FFLORIDA SHARKS AND RAYS ID                           FLORIDA              STATE             REEF
            CARD                                                  CREATURES ID CARD

            The latest of Franko's series of Florida fish         Franko loves Florida, having first visited
            cards is a departure from the common and              on official government business on a trip
            friendly  reef creatures, and is instead a            to Fort  Walton Beach around 1992.

            guide to Florida's sharks and rays. Both              Franko attended the Ft. Lauderdale Boat
            sides of this colorful card show sharks and           Show, DEMA dive shows at Miami and
            the inshore  side shows both sharks and               Orlando,     Biscayne      National      Park,
            rays.  Side one  has  inshore species and             Everglades National Park, the Florida
            features the Black-Tip, Tiger, Sandbar,               Keys, from end to end, plus he drove east-

            Galapagos, Caribbean Reef, Dusky, Bull                to-west and north to south across the state.
            and Hammerhead Sharks. It also shows                  That means that he is just getting started
            the Manta, White-Spotted Rays  and                    in knowing this fabulous state. After years
            Stingray.  Side two  has offshore species             of thinking about  making Franko Map
            and features Oceanic White-Tip, Whale,                products for the great State of Florida,
            Blue,  Thresher, Great White, Mako,                   Franko finally put together a Florida mini-

            Cookie Cutter and Silky Sharks. All                   map      and     coral     reef     creature's
            sharks, rays have maximum size in feet                identification guide, which  shows a
            and inches, some have a short description             beautiful map of Florida on side 1 and a
            of species along with information on the              wonderful array of  over 100 species of
            danger level if any while in the water with           coral reef creatures on side 2.
            each fish. Please buy a few for  your                 Franko loves every part of Florida that he

            friends too! Great  Christmas stocking                has explored so far from the Gulf Coast's
            stuffers!  Card is printed on  laminated              incredibly white sand, to the beautiful
            plastic so that it  is stiff, shiny and               beach-front condominiums in Fort
            waterproof, measures (H x L) 5.5" x 8.5"              Lauderdale and Miami, to the very end of
            (14cm x 21.6cm) and it has a hole for a               the Overseas  Highway,  where you look
            lanyard, so you can actually take it diving           out to sea from the Southernmost Point in

            or snorkeling. Card makes a great gift                the Continental  United States" and  Key
            idea.
                                                                  West.  After exploring and diving the
                                                                  Florida Keys, and making a map and fish
                                                                  identification guide for the The  Conch

                                                                  Republic," it was only right to do the same
                                                                  for the entire great State of Florida. This


                                                                  is one of Franko's most beautiful products,
                                                                  because the green  State of  Florida sits
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