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Record 6,250 Manatees Spotted in Florida Waters
AFP via Discovery News ^
| Feb 26, 2016 08:55 AM ET
Posted on 02/28/2016 3:15:22 PM PST by Olog-hai
The number of manatees in the waters around Florida have reached a new peak of at least 6,250, conservationists said Thursday, a record reflecting years of efforts to protect the marine mammals.
The count is up slightly from the 6,063 spotted last year, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a statement, citing results from surveys conducted by 11 organizations.
Last month, the US Fish and Wildlife Service proposed downgrading the manatee's status from endangered, a designation given to species on the brink of extinction, to threatened. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at news.discovery.com ...
TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: florida; hugemanatee; manatee; marinebiology; recordnumbers; wildlife
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posted on
02/28/2016 3:15:22 PM PST
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Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Must be Trump supporters!
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posted on
02/28/2016 3:16:17 PM PST
by
dynoman
(Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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posted on
02/28/2016 3:16:27 PM PST
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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posted on
02/28/2016 3:16:43 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
02/28/2016 3:16:51 PM PST
by
Celtic Conservative
(CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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posted on
02/28/2016 3:18:17 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Olog-hai
Yeah, but do they taste like dolphin?
What’s the sense in ‘saving’ them if they don’t taste good?
To: dfwgator
How did I know that picture would be posted? /rhetorical
To: dfwgator
Thanks, dfw- I knew you would come through with the goods.
CC
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posted on
02/28/2016 3:21:48 PM PST
by
Celtic Conservative
(CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
To: Olog-hai
To: JJ_Folderol
Yeah, but do they taste like dolphin? The early Spanish explorers to the new world rigidly observed the dietary strictures of the Catholic Church at the time, which included no terrestrial meats on Friday. Manatee were recorded in some journals as the fish that tasted like beef.
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posted on
02/28/2016 3:27:25 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: Olog-hai
They are great help in ridding our water hyacinths.
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posted on
02/28/2016 3:30:32 PM PST
by
capt. norm
(If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat!)
To: Olog-hai
It was only 6,249 manatees.
One of them was actually Rosie O’Donnell going for a swim near Sarasota.
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posted on
02/28/2016 3:34:23 PM PST
by
july4thfreedomfoundation
(Politicians and diapers must be changed often and for the same reason.....Mark Twain)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
02/28/2016 3:36:34 PM PST
by
onona
(I've held my nose so long I can't even remember what an election smells like !)
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posted on
02/28/2016 3:44:12 PM PST
by
Darteaus94025
(Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
To: Joe 6-pack
>>> The early Spanish explorers to the new world rigidly observed the dietary strictures of the Catholic Church at the time, which included no terrestrial meats on Friday. Manatee were recorded in some journals as the fish that tasted like beef. <<<
Very interesting! I figured they had to be pretty tasty or they’d be extinct like dinosaurs — I understand they tasted terrible!
To: onona
Are they hugh?
They're seriesly hugh.
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posted on
02/28/2016 3:52:45 PM PST
by
golux
To: golux
You have outdone yourself lux. Golf claps in your direction :)
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posted on
02/28/2016 3:57:13 PM PST
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onona
(I've held my nose so long I can't even remember what an election smells like !)
To: Olog-hai
Large shark migration in FL.....this should end well
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02/28/2016 4:00:42 PM PST
by
Daffynition
(*Security, confiscate their coats. Get them out of here. It's 10 below zero out there ~DJT)
To: Olog-hai
Do they taste like chicken?
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posted on
02/28/2016 4:14:56 PM PST
by
West Texas Chuck
(OBAMA: Fundamentally Twerking America)
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