Years ago we were canoeing on a river in Florida when something gave the canoe a big bump. Looked over the side and there was a manatee drifting right beside the canoe. It stayed with us about an hour. The best canoe trip ever.
I was fishing on Okeechobee on Friday and a manatee came up beside the boat. First one I had ever seen so far from the coast. Very curious creature and seamed to be so very vunerable. Not 200 yards down I spooked a gator. Didn’t seem to be compatible creatures but I guess so.