Lettuce again on the Florida menu to slow manatee starvation
Lettuce will be on the menu again this year for Florida manatees as part of an effort to slow the starvation deaths of the beloved marine mammals, wildlife officials said Wednesday.
Lettuce will be on the menu again this year for Florida manatees as part of an effort to slow the starvation deaths of the beloved marine mammals, wildlife officials said Wednesday.
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Hurricane Ian not only ravaged southwest Florida on land but was destructive underwater as well. It destroyed man-made reefs and brought along red tide, the harmful algae blooms that kill fish and birds, according to marine ...
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Nov 1, 2022
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Florida's 7,444 recorded manatees deaths in the last dozen years nearly matches the number thought to be surviving today.
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Aug 22, 2022
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The 631 manatee deaths in Florida through mid-July this year already stands as the fourth deadliest annual count since records began nearly a half-century ago.
Plants & Animals
Jul 21, 2022
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The emergency feeding and rescue of starving manatees in Central Florida has demobilized, with authorities now wondering about lessons learned, except for one.
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Apr 8, 2022
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When manatees on Florida's east coast gather next winter, they're likely to face another season of starvation.
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Mar 21, 2022
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The experimental program that has fed tons of lettuce to starving manatees in Florida will begin to wind down as the weather warms, wildlife officials said Wednesday.
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Mar 16, 2022
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Livers were shriveled, muscles resembled cooked celery, guts held sand from desperation foraging and none were pregnant.
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Mar 11, 2022
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Manatees resorted to eating a staggering amount of algae after seagrasses died-off in Florida's Indian River Lagoon.
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Mar 10, 2022
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Conservation groups sued the federal government Tuesday over last year's record manatee deaths, saying the government failed to follow the law by designating protected habitat for the marine mammals.
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