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The Florida manatee is a subspecies of the West Indian manatee.

Article Courtesy of: Marine Mammal Commission The Florida manatee, a subspecies of the West Indian manatee, is a large, slow-moving marine mammal with an elongated, round body and paddle-shaped flippers and tail. Manatees are herbivores, feeding solely on seagrass, algae and other vegetation in freshwater and estuarine systems in the southeastern United States. Florida manatees […]

Saving the Manatees

Saving the manatees — rescue by rescue, rehab by rehab Florida is scrambling to prevent another horrific year of starvation deaths among the beloved mammals By Lori Rozsa – Article Courtesy of: Washington Post ORLANDO — On an unusually cold winter morning in central Florida, Corleone the manatee was awakened before dawn by wetsuited workers […]

Pollution Killing Manatees

ARTICLE COURTESY OF: Florida Phoenix ~ MICHAEL MOLINE Environmentalists threaten EPA with lawsuit over the pollution killing manatees. Nitrogen and phosphorus discharges endanger their food source. An environmentalist coalition has served notice of its intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unless it intervenes with state regulators to halt the release of pollutants into […]