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  • Manatees mating in local waters (Hugh Manatee Alert)

    06/14/2008 5:56:16 PM PDT · by abb · 35 replies · 1,020+ views
    Northwest Florida Daily News ^ | June 14, 2008 | Wendy Victoria
    Along the Emerald Coast, it's fairly common to see dolphins, manta rays, sea turtles and other marine animals. But manatees cause more of a stir. That's why Niceville veterinarian Jenny Fortune and her husband were slow to identify what was swimming between them in hip-deep water near Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park recently. "I'm looking at it, going ‘Oh my God, what is it?' " Fortune said. "These things are giant. Your brain just doesn't compute." She said they first thought it might be a large manta ray. They quickly realized that the creature wasn't flat, but very, very...