Manatee News

Valentines Day Manatee Adoption!

02/05/2015

Here’s a great idea for you … adopt one of us manatees for Valentines Day! How? By contacting the Save the Manatee Club. This award-winning nonprofit organization was founded in 1981 by singer/songwriter, Jimmy Buffett, and Bob Graham, the former U.S. Senator...

Three Sisters Springs Yields to Manatee Herd!

01/29/2015

I learned the recent cold weather has forced a large heard of my manatee buddies (528 manatees) into the warm waters of Three Sisters Springs. As a result, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service closed Three Sisters Springs to swimmers, snorkelers and...

Mitch the Manatee Rescued in Belize!

01/22/2015

Here’s some wonderful news that will touch your heart! Mitch the manatee, one of my baby manatee buddies, is recovering nicely after being rescued by Mitchell Thomas and several volunteers from Wildtracks in Belize. Wildtracks Manatee and Primate Rehabilitation is a...

Lowry Park Zoo Manatee Rehab Milestone!

01/15/2015

I just learned that the David A. Straz Jr. Manatee Hospital located at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, Florida released its 202nd manatee! What a milestone…Congratulations! The hospital’s focus is on critical care for injured, sick and orphaned manatees. And here’s...

Successful Magnolia River Manatee Rescue!

01/07/2015

Great news! One of my manatee buddies suffering from cold stress was rescued from the Magnolia River in Alabama. A team from SeaWorld, the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife...

Manatee Death Decrease for 2014

01/02/2015

(Photo: MALCOLM DENEMARK/FLORIDA TODAY) Good news! I’ve just heard that manatee deaths for 2014 were much lower as compared to 2013. Stats still need to come in final the final few days of 2014. However Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute reports...

Happy Holidays Everyone!

12/25/2014

Port Wentworth Manatee Rescued!

12/18/2014

Photo by SeaWorld Great news! One of my manatee buddies suffering from cold stress, was rescued from the Savannah River at the Weyerhaeuser paper mill in Port Wentworth, Georgia. Manatees are warm-blooded and in the cold weather, we need the warm water...

7 Extraordinary Manatee Facts (Part 2)

12/11/2014

Photo by USFWS Endangered Species Greetings! Here are the final 3 of 7 very cool manatee facts for you. 5. Manatees control Buoyancy with our Lungs Manatees have very long lungs! They run-along our spines. We can control our buoyancy by...

Trinity Bay Manatee Long Way from Florida!

11/25/2014

Yikes! One of my Florida manatee buddies was just spotted in Trinity Bay. Now here’s where this gets interesting – Trinity Bay is in Texas! You see, he normally spends his winters in Tampa Bay, Florida. Ms. Edith Erfling, project leader for...