Endangered Manatee Spotted Off R.I. [ANOTHER Huge Manatee Alert!]

AP ^ | 8/21/6

[SmithL]

Warwick, R.I. (AP) --

An endangered manatee made a rare appearance in Rhode Island waters during the weekend, a state Department of Environmental Management official said.

The manatee was seen Sunday in Greenwich Bay off the coast of Warwick. The large marine mammals are usually found only in the warm waters of Florida and the Carolinas.

DEM dispatcher Michael Mahoney said the manatee seen in Rhode Island appeared healthy.

[SmithL]

Hugh?

[SmithL]

It is not known whether the manatee is the same one seen earlier this month near Manhattan

Ping

[sono]

That was an Orca sighting

[TexasCajun]

Manwithteets

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

Might be a good time to shoot, shovel, and shut up, before they declare the entire east coast a restricted Manatee reserve.

[Bigg Red]

I was wondering if it was the same one that had been seen in the Hudson recently, so I looked at the article, which said that it is unknown if this is the same one. Interesting that it can handle those terribly cold waters.

[Gay State Conservative]

Might be a good time to shoot, shovel, and shut up, before they declare the entire east coast a restricted Manatee reserve.

Never happen! Rhode Island is too close to Matha's Vineyard.How in God's name could the Clintons,Kerrys,Kennedys and Cronkites go yachting with such restrictions?

[johnny7]

squalus

[Gay State Conservative]

Interesting that it can handle those terribly cold waters.

Something tells me that the *temperature* of the water wouldn't be a manatee's biggest problem in the Hudson.

[Gay State Conservative]

Interesting that it can handle those terribly cold waters.

And BTW,the Gulf Stream goes right up the East Coast and hooks east past the south coast of CT,RI and Cape Cod,so the water wouldn't be that cold at this time of year.

[johnny7]

I hear spearfishing them on jet-ski's is quite the challenge...

[Bigg Red]

And BTW,the Gulf Stream goes right up the East Coast and hooks east past the south coast of CT,RI and Cape Cod,so the water wouldn't be that cold at this time of year.

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Of course. Duh, what was I thinking? Fore some reason I was thinking we were past the Gulf Stream. I should know better.

[Bigg Red]

Something tells me that the *temperature* of the water wouldn't be a manatee's biggest problem in the Hudson.

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LOL
I was thinking of the ocean waters, though. But, of course, where the manatee is right now, as someone reminded me, the ocean is still warmed by the Gulf Stream.