A Florida manatee (West Indian Manatee) enjoying the naturally warm water at Blue Spring State Park in Orange City, FL Greetings! This is my fourth blog installment talking about some very cool and awesome manatee facts. Manatees usually don’t dive more than 10 feet. However, they can dive as deep as 33 feet, which is…
In winter, Florida Manatees at Blue Spring State Park enjoy its warm balmy water temperature of 72 degrees Fahrenheit. Photo: Robert Scott Thayer Greetings! Since we’re in the heart of manatee season I thought in this blog, I’d give you some awesome manatee facts. Yours truly is actually a Florida Manatee. With that said the…
The subspecies of the West Indian Manatee includes the Florida Manatee and the Antillean Manatee. Greetings! OK – let’s continue manatee trivia with my fourth installment for you. It’s worth repeating that we manatees are very large marine mammals with two flippers and a body tapering down to a paddle-shaped tail. Here’s some more very…
Washburn the manatee swam from Florida up to Massachusetts this past summer. She was then rescued in Cape Cod, Massachusetts and flown to Florida for rehabilitation. Washburn was released in the Atlantic Ocean a few weeks ago and was recently spotted in the Bahamas during early December! Greetings! Ok – now this is really cool!…
A very rare Florida visitor adventures up to Cape Cod. This 8-foot manatee is enjoying Chatham, Massachusetts, but must get home to Florida before the cold sets in. (Photo Courtesy: Bill Pouliot) Greetings! First, I would like to wish everyone a very Happy International Manatee Day 2016! The celebration of International Manatee Day ties…
