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**Pharmadryg** · 02-20-2010, 02:27 AM

Here's a bit:

A record number of manatees have died because of Florida's lengthy winter, and so many manatees are turning up stressed by the cold that it's straining the statewide system for caring for the injured marine mammals.

So far this year the number of manatees killed by the cold is approaching 200, which Martine DeWit of the state Fish and Wildlife Research Institute called "really unprecedented."

By mid February, 301 manatees had turned up dead from various causes. The average number of deaths for this time of year over the previous five years is just 10, DeWit said.

Cold is killing manatees in unprecedented numbers - St. Petersburg Times

02-20-2010, 02:27 AM	#1
Pharmadryg Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 435 Senior Member	Cold is killing manatees in unprecedented numbers Here's a bit: A record number of manatees have died because of Florida's lengthy winter, and so many manatees are turning up stressed by the cold that it's straining the statewide system for caring for the injured marine mammals. So far this year the number of manatees killed by the cold is approaching 200, which Martine DeWit of the state Fish and Wildlife Research Institute called "really unprecedented." By mid February, 301 manatees had turned up dead from various causes. The average number of deaths for this time of year over the previous five years is just 10, DeWit said. Cold is killing manatees in unprecedented numbers - St. Petersburg Times
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