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Manatee "footprints"

Close-up of manatee

Under-
water view of manatee

manatee surfacing

manatees cavorting

Crystal River

manatee stomach contents

manatee fecal specimen

rope embedded in flipper

manatees feeding

Manatee feeding

Manatee feeding

feed-
ing

Manatee feeding

Manatee feeding

prehensile lips

belt and transmitter

seagrass patch

manatees feeding

Gilman Paper plant

Homosassa River

Homosassa Springs

Southeast Florida canal

Riviera Beach power plant

Black Creek, St. Johns River

Kings Bay

Tidal creek

Jefferson Smurfit pulp mill

Jefferson Smurfit pulp mill

Snor-
keler

Boaters

Boaters observing manatees

Two manatees

Reliant Corporation plant

Fort Pierce power plant

Manatee playing

Two manatees playing

manatee captured

manatee captur-
ed

releasing a manatee

secure a manatee

Close-up of a manatee

Female manatee nursing calf

Close-up of manatee

manatee from below

cavorting group of manatees

scratch its face

swimming upside down

Reliant Corpora-
tion power plant

scarring of seagrass beds

propeller wounds

tagged manatee

digging in substrate

small scars

old boat propeller scars

estimating seagrass density

estimat-
ing seagrass density

manatee swimming

belt and tag assembly

Tampa Electric Company plant

trapped in a drainage culvert

fresh-
water vegeta-
tion

Manatee

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