Note: I saw the manatees for the 1st time this year . Blue Springs FL is amazing.
"Manatee deaths rise as wildlife agencies grapple with seagrass loss...Unusual Mortality Event, or UME , that has claimed hundreds of sea cows in the Indian River Lagoon..."It's the first event due to starvation, and we've never had that before,"...And trying to manually feed hundreds of manatees is virtually impossible because it would require tons of food spread out over hundreds of miles on a daily basis...Florida has already broken the state record for the number of documented manatee deaths in a year, with the total quickly approaching 900..."
