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Florida's Manatees: Big, Beloved And Bitterly Contested

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They’re large, even ungainly. But there may be no animal more beloved in Florida than the manatee.

Sorry, dolphins. It’s the manatee that’s the state’s official marine mammal. But as manatees meander through Florida’s shallow bays, rivers and canals, they often encounter people. And that’s where problems arise.

In Crystal River, a …Read More

Source: NPR Science – ingested into KQED

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