Posted on 03/10/2022 12:52:49 PM PST by nickcarraway
More than 55 tons of lettuce have been fed to starving Florida manatees as part of an experimental program to help the slow-moving marine mammals since their natural food is being destroyed by water pollution, wildlife officials said Wednesday.
The lettuce, funded by more than 1,000 individual donations, is offered to manatees that gather in the warm water discharge near a power plant on Florida's east coast as they typically do during cold months.
Officials from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in a conference call that the feeding program has made a difference. “That's a substantial amount,” said Ron Mezich, feeding program coordinator for the Florida wildlife commission. “We're not done yet.”
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they need to seriously start culling the manatees. It is out of control and the manatees are RUINING all the other marine life as there is no where to lay eggs because the manatees ate all the grass!!! It’s pathetic.
Giant manatees trained to dine and bask in the discharge waters of a nuclear power plant.
Probably ok, but sounds funny.
I paid $1.99 for teeniest tiniest head of lettuce a few days ago. This is getting ridiculous. Now they’re giving it to manatees?
Second time I’ve heard that. But always hear” poor manatee...what gives?
Why exactly are they feeding them? Manatees are essentially an evasive species in central Florida. If not for the power plant they would not be there in such quantities. They need culled and removed from the plant, not fed.
What does manatee taste like?
Does their blubber make any good oil? (like whale oil?)
IB4OTHM!
Oh, the Huge Manatee!
Oh the huge manatee!
liberal virtue signalling.
we’re ruining Florida’s eco system with these creatures. They’re not even native to the US; they’re from the West Indies.
How many gallons of ranch?
LOL! Barely!
Did not know that!
I lived in the middle keys for awhile..kids used to pet manatees at the docks.
That's what 55 tons of lettuce and a continuous radiation bath will get you. Godzilla, move over!
“manatees that gather in the warm water discharge near a power plant on Florida’s east coast as they typically do during cold months. “
Where would they go without the FREE warm water? More Welfare Queens sucking up the free stuff.
Lots of folks go to Florida for the warm water. They don’t get free lettuce. Seems kinda unfair.
Shoot them and feed them to the homeless.
“they need to seriously start culling the manatees. It is out of control and the manatees are RUINING all the other marine life as there is no where to lay eggs because the manatees ate all the grass!!! It’s pathetic.”
Just start the rumor that manatee livers are aphrodisiacs to the Chinese. By July the only survivors will be living incognito in a pool in Miami.
3 seconds, LOL!
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