Over 1000 Manatees Died in Florida Article Courtesy of: Defenders of Wildlife ST. PETERSBURG, FL NOVEMBER 17, …
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Manatee Lawsuit
As Deaths Soar, Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Critical Habitat for Florida Manatees. CONTACT: Jaclyn Lopez, Center for Biological Diversity, (727) 490-9190, [email protected] Bleich, Defenders of Wildlife, (202) 772-3208, [email protected] Rose, Save the Manatee Club, (850) 570-1373, [email protected] PHOTO CREDIT: Florida Manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris, USFWS More Than 1,100 Manatees Died in 2021, Largely Due to […]
Feeding Starving Manatees
Manatees Get Help with Extra Feeding Manatees, Facing a Crisis: In a first, wildlife officials have decided to provide food for the mammals, which have suffered catastrophic losses in Florida waters over the last year. By Catrin Einhorn – Dec. 7, 2021 The starving manatees are easy enough to spot. You can see their ribs […]
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 […]