Manatee

DRC Medical Director Pat Clough assesses the baby manatee on scene after the rescue. This little girl is believed to be only a few weeks old. Personnel from Dolphin Research Center’s (DRC) Manatee Rescue Team joined with staff from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and Miami Seaquarium (MSQ) to rescue a baby female manatee on Sunday, June 15th. Residents in the

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For more than a decade, Lars Hafner represented St. Petersburg as a Democrat in the Florida House. Then he turned his attention to higher education administration. Most recently, Hafner has served as provost of St. Pete College for two years,...

by The Backyard Scrawlerbackyardscrawl@gmail.com The following is the Q&A transcript with Drinkson Koolaidevic, the baseball beat reporter for the Manatee Community College student newspaper, The Daily Sea Cow. Drinkson was gracious enough to answer fans’ questions in the wake –– whoops! egregious word choice –– of last week’s 5-0 exhibition loss against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Q: Drinkson, I’ve been following Manatee Community College baseball since the days of Lance Carter. How long are we going to have to put up with these losses against the Pirates? Coming into the game the Lancers had a 14-5 record and they were coming off a 24-6 drubbing of the Eckerd College JV team a day earlier. Then they go into McKechnie Field and lay a goose egg! No bats –– just three lous

Before we get to part two of "World's Scariest Animals", I thought I would touch on an issue that has been brewing over the last couple of months: manatee recovery.According to an article in the Associated Pres, the manatee may no longer be classified as an "endangered" animal."The US Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) says it's considering changing the classification to 'threatened'. An internal memo obtained by the Washington Post says Florida manatees are showing positive growth and adult survival rates, and no longer meet the definition of an endangered species.""The animals would still remain protected under the federal Endangered Species Act, making it illegal to harass, poach or kill them," they reported.             

So as I’m walking out to my car after work, I see a mom getting into her car with her daughter. As they drove away, I saw a bumper sticker on the back of the car that read: “I Brake 4 Manatees!” Well, what the hell makes YOU so frickin’ special, Ms. Mom? Ever seen a manatee? Those fuckers are huge! If I saw one pressing the crosswalk button, you can bet your sweet ass I’d be coming to a screeching halt and giving that fucking sea cow the right of way. P.S. Listen, lady. I didn’t mean to spill salad all over your son. You didn’t have to yell OR leave me a douchey tip. But, it’s not my fault he’s skating around on his roller-sneakers in a restaurant.

Manatee distribution map Manatees (family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large, fully-aquatic marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows. The name comes from the Spanish manatí, which itself comes from a Carib word meaning "breast." They comprise three of the four living species in the order Sirenia, the other being the dugong. The Sirenia is thought to have evolved from four legged land mammals over 60 million years ago, with the closest living relatives being the Proboscidea (elephants) and Hyracoidea (hyraxes). The Trichechidae differ from the Dugong in the shape of the skull and the shape of the tail. Dugongs have a forked tail, similar in shape to a whale's, while manatees' tails are paddle-shaped. They are mainly herbivores, spending most of their time grazing in shallow waters and at depths of 1-2 meters. Much of the knowledge about manatees is based upon research done in Florida and cannot necessarily be attributed to all types of manatees. Generally, mana

Manatee distribution map Manatees (family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large, fully-aquatic marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows. The name comes from the Spanish manatí, which itself comes from a Carib word meaning "breast." They comprise three of the four living species in the order Sirenia, the other being the dugong. The Sirenia is thought to have evolved from four legged land mammals over 60 million years ago, with the closest living relatives being the Proboscidea (elephants) and Hyracoidea (hyraxes). The Trichechidae differ from the Dugong in the shape of the skull and the shape of the tail. Dugongs have a forked tail, similar in shape to a whale's, while manatees' tails are paddle-shaped. They are mainly herbivores, spending most of their time grazing in shallow waters and at depths of 1-2 meters. Much of the knowledge about manatees is based upon research done in Florida and cannot necessarily be attributed to all types of manatees. Generally, mana

Title: Manatee calf nursing, Alternative Title: (none), Creator: Rathburn, Gaylen, Source: WO3544-Highlights, Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Contributor: DIVISION OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS.Language: EN - ENGLISH, Rights: (public domain), Audience: (general), Subject: marine mammals, wildlife, endangered.File size: 134 KB, Format: JPEG image (image/jpeg), Dimensions: Screen: 1143px x 750px, Print: 7.62 x 5.00 inches, Resolution: 150 dpi (mid, presentation quality). Depth: Full Color.Unless otherwise indicated, resources in the Digital Library System are in the public domain. No restrictions or copyrights are placed upon these materials. You may credit the source of the resource using the information contained in the "Creator" or "Rights" field of the resource record. Download Full High Resolution ImageFile size: 1.32 MB, Format: JPEG image (image/jpeg), Dimensions: Screen: 3658px x 2400px, Print: 12.19 x 8.00 inches, Resolution: 300 dpi (high, print quality), Depth: Full Color.Gener

Title: Florida Manatee, Alternative Title: (Trichechus manatus latirostris) Creator: Reid, Jim, Source: WO0413-14, Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Contributor: DIVISION OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS.Language: EN - ENGLISH, Rights: (public domain), Audience: (general), Subject: marine, mammals.The endangered Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) is a survivor. It is one of only three living species of manatees which, along with their closest living relative, the dugong (Dugong dugon), make up the Order Sirenia. This taxonomic distinctiveness reflects their evolutionary and genetic uniqueness. Sirenians are the only herbivorous marine mammals; manatees feed on seagrasses; freshwater plants, including nuisance species such as hydrilla and water hyacinth; and even some shoreline vegetation. Because manatees depend on marine, estuarine, and freshwater ecosystems, our efforts to protect them necessitate protection of aquatic resources Florida Manatees FULL TEXTFile size: 1.51 MB, F