Manatee Fun

7 Extraordinary Manatee Facts (Part 1)

12/02/2014

Photo: National Geographic – Blue Spring State Park, Orange City, Florida Greetings! Here are the first 4 of 7 very cool manatee facts for you. And since it’s now early December, the ten percent of us who love to travel on adventures...

Discover the Revamped Manatee Viewing Center at Apollo Beach

10/22/2014

Great News! The Manatee Viewing Center at Tampa Electric’s Apollo Beach has a cool new upgrade for you. It is slated to open its 29th season on Saturday, November 1st. And with the start of its 2014–2015 season, the facility will...

USGS Talks About Us Manatees and the Christopher Columbus Discovery!

08/04/2014

Photo Credit by Robert Bonde, USGS I was just checking out a Facebook post by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and found out they were talking about us manatees. Now how cool is that? Here’s what they said: “Here’s Looking at...

Snooty the Manatee Turns 66!

07/17/2014

Can you believe it? My buddy – Snooty the manatee will be 66 years old on Monday, July 21st! He’ s the oldest manatee on record. Snooty was born on July 21, 1948 at the old Miami Aquarium and Tackle Company. Snooty...

Red Tide: A Manatee Nightmare

05/07/2014

How can it be that insanely small microscopic algae called Karenia brevis, known as red tide, has the ability to kill hundreds of large majestic manatees in a very short period of time? It’s because of the deadly toxin they produce which...