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Manatee found dead on banks of McKellar Lake (Memphis Update)
WMC TV - Memphis ^
| December 11, 2006
| Staff
Posted on 12/11/2006 3:46:18 PM PST by mcg2000
A manatee that traveled 720 miles up the Mississippi River to Memphis in October and eluded his would-be rescuers was found dead today on the banks of a lake.
Police said the manatee was discovered around 1:30 p.m. at Lake McKellar, a slackwater lake off the Mississippi River south of Memphis.
The manatee was first spotted in October in the Wolf River harbor just north of the densely populated downtown area. But the animal disappeared a few days later and wasn't seen again until its body was found today.
Sea World officials say they have no plans to return to Memphis at this time. The Memphis Zoo will be working with Harbor Patrol on the recovery.
Manatees, an endangered species, generally prefer warm coastal waters ranging from Alabama to South Carolina, although there were sightings this August along the Eastern coast up to Rhode Island.
In winter months, they usually stay in the coastal waters of Florida, often congregating near the warm-water discharges of power plants.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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KEYWORDS: hugemanatee; hughmanatee; hughthemanatee; manatee; memphis; mississippiriver; ohthehugemanatee
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posted on
12/11/2006 3:46:22 PM PST
by
mcg2000
To: mcg2000
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posted on
12/11/2006 3:47:45 PM PST
by
Loyalist
(Social justice isn't; social studies aren't; social work doesn't.)
To: mcg2000
Odd, that he got so lost.
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posted on
12/11/2006 3:48:21 PM PST
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
To: Loyalist
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posted on
12/11/2006 3:49:21 PM PST
by
mcg2000
(New Orleans: The city that declared Jihad on The Red Cross.)
To: mcg2000
Someone should have told him, "That's not a habitat for you, manatee!"
To: Loyalist
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posted on
12/11/2006 3:49:46 PM PST
by
COEXERJ145
(Bush Derangement Syndrome Has Reached Pandemic Levels on Free Republic.)
To: mcg2000
The link to an original post by Hal regarding it's being spotted ... A spotted manatee! Those ARE rare!
To: nmh
Odd, that he got so lost.
My guess is that he was following the new Border Patrol map and thought that he was in Mexico...
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posted on
12/11/2006 3:52:27 PM PST
by
StoneGiant
(Power without morality is disaster. Morality without power is useless.)
To: Loyalist
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posted on
12/11/2006 3:53:04 PM PST
by
lesser_satan
(EKTHELTHIOR!!!)
To: StoneGiant
This is not an immigration thread, nitwit.
10
posted on
12/11/2006 3:53:05 PM PST
by
COEXERJ145
(Bush Derangement Syndrome Has Reached Pandemic Levels on Free Republic.)
To: mcg2000
Bush lied Manatees died!!! ping
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posted on
12/11/2006 3:53:32 PM PST
by
Rameumptom
(Gen X= they killed 1 in 4 of us)
To: Loyalist; Howlin; MadIvan; snugs; Larry Lucido; onyx; Mrs. Don-o; RebelTex
Oh, the huge manatee! This has to be the
WORST JOKE I HAVE EVER SEEN ON FR!!!!!
ping...ping...ping....
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posted on
12/11/2006 3:53:46 PM PST
by
paulat
To: COEXERJ145
Why shucks... is there a special handshake or secret password?
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posted on
12/11/2006 3:54:55 PM PST
by
StoneGiant
(Power without morality is disaster. Morality without power is useless.)
To: Charles Henrickson
"Damn you all!"
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posted on
12/11/2006 3:55:31 PM PST
by
mcg2000
(New Orleans: The city that declared Jihad on The Red Cross.)
To: paulat
I second, and I've seen it more than once here. WTF, over?
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posted on
12/11/2006 3:57:20 PM PST
by
ryan71
(You can hear it on the coconut telegraph...)
Comment #16 Removed by Moderator
To: COEXERJ145; StoneGiant
This is not an immigration thread, nitwit.
I wouldn't be so sure about that. The majority of Manatees appear to from somewhere besides the US.
I'm guessing he was smuggled aboard a container ship from Southeast Asia to Mexico then crossed the Gulf with the aid of a "Coyote". He only wanted to do the jobs Americans wouldn't. And now he's dead. Must be Bush's fault.
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posted on
12/11/2006 4:00:59 PM PST
by
Rameumptom
(Gen X= they killed 1 in 4 of us)
To: mcg2000
Gonna take a lot of BBQ sauce for that guy!
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posted on
12/11/2006 4:01:10 PM PST
by
dynachrome
("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
To: mcg2000
That's one lost manatee!
He could just be stunned or pining for the Floridas.
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posted on
12/11/2006 4:05:40 PM PST
by
mrsmith
To: Rameumptom
"He only wanted to do the jobs Americans wouldn't."
They took our jobs!
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posted on
12/11/2006 4:12:33 PM PST
by
mcg2000
(New Orleans: The city that declared Jihad on The Red Cross.)
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