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- ↑ Pitman, David (16 January 2009). "Florida's First "Zipline Safari" Opens at Forever Florida in Osceola County". NPR . Retrieved 15 February 2009.
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- ↑ "Zipline over the wetlands of Central Florida". Newsday. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2009.