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Manatee dies after ‘high-intensity sexual behavior' with brother at Florida aquarium
nbcmiami ^ | 7-27-23 | Monica Galarza

Posted on 07/29/2023 7:36:06 PM PDT by dynachrome

A manatee died at a Florida aquarium in late April, and following a full pathology and necropsy report, there are new developments as to the possible cause of the mammal's sudden death.

According to the Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium in Sarasota, Florida, the resident manatee, Hugh, died unexpectedly on April 29th after showing changes in his behavior until he suddenly became unresponsive in his habitat.

According to a statement following his passing, the aquarium said the manatee and his brother Buffett, were the world's only manatees to participate in voluntary, detailed behavioral research designed to aid manatee conservation.

But after a necropsy, or animal autopsy, and a full pathology performed by FWC's Fish and Wildlife research Institute's Marine Mammal Pathobiology Lab, it was determined that Hugh died from a 14.5 centimeter rip in his colon and other traumatic injuries caused by a sexual encounter with another, larger, male manatee at the facility, Buffett.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcmiami.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: florida; gay; hoftbrothers; manatee; ouch
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To: dynachrome

“5.709 inches”


21 posted on 07/29/2023 8:08:07 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Larry Lucido

Did you steal the marble rye?


22 posted on 07/29/2023 8:09:36 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Brandonmark

‘Theyatee’


23 posted on 07/29/2023 8:10:53 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: SaveFerris

That’s a vicious rumor, but wait until you see the tip calculators I got.


24 posted on 07/29/2023 8:11:03 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: dynachrome

Sounds vaxxed?


25 posted on 07/29/2023 8:11:44 PM PDT by ggrrrrr23456
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To: dynachrome

I thought manatees had no natural enemies


26 posted on 07/29/2023 8:13:16 PM PDT by Tai_Chung
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To: DIRTYSECRET
Queer manatees?

"That's Super!"

27 posted on 07/29/2023 8:19:21 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: martin_fierro

MANatee?

Democrats want to know why the term ‘womanatee’ is not used.

Anyhow, hoe the heck were democrats able to get manatees to participate in their LGTBQ+ agenda? I know the answer: the “+” is for inclusion of the manatees. LGTBQ and manatees.


28 posted on 07/29/2023 8:29:10 PM PDT by adorno
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To: Steven Scharf
How do Manatees consent to such “voluntary” research?

The researchers asked them if they'd like to volunteer and they didn't say no.
Scientists have a strict code of ethics ya know!

29 posted on 07/29/2023 8:56:27 PM PDT by TigersEye (Woke is a cancer of the mind and humanity)
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To: dynachrome

It wasn’t sexual behavior, it was domination behavior. Agenda-driven article. Male manatees apparently are only aggressive when it comes to food and mating, since they’re not territorial.

Finally found that the research was about the lung capacity of manatees. The two brothers were trained to be tested with respirators.


30 posted on 07/29/2023 9:30:04 PM PDT by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: All; dynachrome

“...the world’s only manatees to participate in voluntary, detailed behavioral research designed to aid manatee conservation...”

Hummm...you are probably doing the study incorrectly!


31 posted on 07/29/2023 9:41:12 PM PDT by Drago
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To: gundog

Damned near killed him.

Oh wait ! Nevermind.


32 posted on 07/30/2023 2:07:21 AM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: Steven Scharf

They signed the agreement.


33 posted on 07/30/2023 2:08:16 AM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: Rattlesnake_Snook
Nothing in scripture says you can’t be romantically attracted to the same sex

Depends on whose scripture.

Judeo-Christian scripture condemns it. Here's one of many examples:

Lev 18:22 “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.

34 posted on 07/30/2023 3:12:53 AM PDT by fso301
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To: dynachrome
...the possible cause of the mammal's sudden death.

All tied up after four quarters? Would explain the ropes.

35 posted on 07/30/2023 3:13:19 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: dynachrome

Instead of the obvious, which was to separate and protect one male manatee unnaturally kept captive with another, they apparently fantasized some gay love affair—and let the dominant manatee continue to harm the other until its eventual death.


36 posted on 07/30/2023 3:17:10 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: martin_fierro

Does Barbara manatee approve?


37 posted on 07/30/2023 3:59:48 AM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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To: Jamestown1630
"Animals other than the human generally don’t practice homosexuality at all unless something has upset their social system."

They have two males in a confined space, not unlike a prison. I'm guessing it was a show of dominance by the larger male, and not some queer tryst gone awry.

38 posted on 07/30/2023 4:07:39 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: dynachrome

A GAY Manatee?? Come on!


39 posted on 07/30/2023 4:22:51 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: dynachrome

Have they ruled out any perv employees sneaking in midnight swims?

As disturbing as the story is, it’s not enough to turn me off manatee soup.


40 posted on 07/30/2023 4:24:46 AM PDT by fruser1
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