Oh my god, I want that shirt. Photograph taken by my good friend Alex, apparently always on the lookout for manatee-related things for me!
My friend Lauren sent me this picture, saying it probably wasn’t real, but that’s okay cos it LOOKS COOL.
From manatee enthusiast Julie B. comes this amazing photo of a manatee she spotted at Sea World. “Check out the fat rolls on this guy!” Hell yes.
![Sick, orphaned manatee calf = NOOO!
Veterinarians at the Miami Seaquarium are treating a young manatee who was emaciated and struggling to survive near the body of his mother, found in mangroves near Tavernier Creek on Thursday, Nov. 5. […] The 5- to 6-month-old calf, called “Kahiki” for the Kahiki Harbor subdivision on Plantation Key where he was brought to shore, weighed just 77 pounds — only about half the weight of a healthy calf the same age.
Photograph by David Ball from KeysNet.com](http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt61gspOGM1qzvi3yo1_500.jpg)
Sick, orphaned manatee calf = NOOO!
Veterinarians at the Miami Seaquarium are treating a young manatee who was emaciated and struggling to survive near the body of his mother, found in mangroves near Tavernier Creek on Thursday, Nov. 5.
[…] The 5- to 6-month-old calf, called “Kahiki” for the Kahiki Harbor subdivision on Plantation Key where he was brought to shore, weighed just 77 pounds — only about half the weight of a healthy calf the same age.
Photograph by David Ball from KeysNet.com
Ilya the Manatee Safe in Florida, Recuperating With Hot, Younger Chick
He’s a big guy — 1,100 pounds and 293 centimeters (9.5 feet) — but exceptionally gentle, even among a species known for its docility. That’s why Dr. Rodriguez can let him stay in a tank with an adolescent orphan female manatee named Glade. Other big male manatees would play too rough, she says, but Ilya just touches noses with Glade.
GO, ILYA.
