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| Manatee survives after difficult rescue |
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| Sunday, 12 July 2009 09:39 | |||
 Even from the sky, you can see the propeller marks on the manatee’s back. It’s a female. She weighs nearly one thousand pounds and she’s likely been struck by a boat. A Florida Fish and Wildlife team boated to her rescue to try and help Friday. After the crew members recovered and the manatee settled down, they took her to shore.
This Manatee, like many others, wound up at The Manatee Hospital at The Lowry Park Zoo. There, they’ve treated and saved more than 2 hundred manatees over the last 15 years. Just last week, a female manatee named Grand Prix, who came to the zoo last march, was finally released. Grand Prix had suffered severe injuries from a boat propeller. It took weeks to nurse her back to health. Not every manatee is so lucky. Biologists say collisions with boats still account for about one in every four manatee deaths. Officials believe that’s a number that could and should be reduced. The zoo’s latest project will be a tough one. As of Friday night, the manatee was in critical condition. Making matters worse, biologists suspect the manatee may be pregnant. Of course, they hope they’ll be able to rehabilitate her and add her to the list of success stories. (From myfoxtampabay.com, Florida) 
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