Roadtreking | The small motorhome lifestyle - The Manatees of Florida’s Blue Springs

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The Manatees of Florida’s Blue SpringsThere are few animals as universally popular and liked as much as the Florida Manatee. Yet there are few animals in more danger. The Florida Manatee, a large and slow moving aquatic animal, is protected by the federal Engangered Species Act of 1973, primarily because they are too big and slow to get out of the way of speedboats. As Florida’s boating population has exploded, the manatee has declined to an estimated statewide population today of under 5,000. They used to be everywhere. And despite gallant efforts by wildlife managers to protect it, each year there are fewer and fewer. It was like this guy was posing for me, taking his breaths every three minutes or so with just his nostrils br ...Read more...

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