The Florida Manatee

The Florida manatee is a conservation success story, with as few as 1,000 remaining in the wild just a few decades ago. Unfortunately, this docile, lovable marine mammal faces new threats. Learn more about the Florida manatee, and what we can do to conserve this species along with its fragile habitats.

[@MrSh4des]

I wish the whole world was more concerned with wildlife preservation.

[@kernwildlife]

Same here!

[@nickysnaith943]

Preserving animals and our earth is something humans should all do

[@claregoldade]

I wish the whole world was more concerned with Human life

[@TheCreativeCreatorVKS]

Yes! I am watching this video to make a manatee doanation thing at my lemonade stand

[@gucciflipflopbleep]

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[@RJFP67]

Those adorable flippers and the they way they use them to express themselves is precious.

[@Hornnnnnn]

I just saw two of these beautiful animals just in front of me in the water here in florida. I had to learn more about them. Great video from a small channel, keep it up.

[@RealBHS]

It is NOT the only place where it is “legal” to swim with manatees in the wild. That is a lie spread by the tour boat operators to scare business their way. It’s the only place monitored by the FWC on a regular basis. The laws regarding swimming with manatees applies to the entire state, Crystal River gets no special treatment or privileges regarding manatee interaction.

[@analogueoverdigital929]

I love sea cows. They are adorable and swimming with them is so much fun. They really are so cute

[@dinomation]

Some of my favorite aquatic creatures!

[@beyourself2444]

Manatees are the cutest

[@JimBakkerBonus]

What a beautiful Individual animal situation.

[@mendaciousc5208]

;)

[@rman229]

The kindest animal on planet earth.

[@missbeaussie]

Commenting for manatee boost ❤ love from Australia

[@emmac987]

Manatee boost!!!

[@lennarthagen3638]

Ugly? Wtf they are cute asf.

[@ApotropaicV]

This is one of the best wildlife videos that I’ve ever seen. Right balance of informative, fun, and responsible. ❤️ Manatee

[@GroundZer0Mike]

Learning about these beautiful creatures is amazing.

[@telluri5199]

This is a great video, why isn't this guy famous

[@kernwildlife]

Lol, thanks!!

[@1beomgyu3]

They’re not ugly:(

[@camboidia]

I love the Missouri manatee

[@theryanchannel1058]

Blue Spring is a state park of the Save the Manatee club, a club you can join online and even adopt a manatee! I would know, it was my birthday present from my parents

[@dylanwalker8423]

This is my favorite animal, I live in Florida, and got to see them at I believe salt water springs. I've swam with them they're so derpy, and peaceful.

[@saalamin-ts6ux]

They are just delightful creatures ❤

[@manatee_flips6811]

Ugly? I do declare, that’s offensive to me and my manatee faimily.

[@carries6427]

I’m amazed at the number of tourists who come here and don’t know what a manatee is! People were actually asking if they were dangerous 😂😂

[@Brenilla]

I wish to pet, but alas I cannot, only observe

[@TheDustmeister88]

Brett Keane?

[@dorishood-x5j]

Thank you for taking care of our natural mermaids, the manatees😢😊. I pray God bless them and you for your hard work and effort, ps and your loving hearts.❤ DAH.

[@elf3477]

What a beautiful animal 💜

[@JoebsonOSRS]

These manatees are majestic

[@gongalexander9361]

cute!Just love it.

[@lportugueza2990]

Such adorable creatures 🥹 I wish they could be protected more 💝

[@miguelcarunchod.1493]

I might expeculate one of the main reasons of the lack of food is because the manatees no longer migrate on winter and instead stay next to electric power plants where the water is warmer, but there are less grass available for them. Those lazy adorable bums.

[@OpalSea]

Oh no! I was thinking it was good the power plant heats the water, but you are right, with no food they starve. So really the viewing center by the power plant is just good marketing ={ Is there a way to plant more sea grass? Or encourage it's growth?

[@nyvourchnea397]

They’re so cute 🥹

[@YuliaGrushevskaya-bi6he]

Oh they are so sweet😊

[@oreganodog]

That looks like my homeless uncle when he gets beer.

[@eltyo340]

So why is the sea grass disappearing?

[@HaloMediaRecords]

They feed on ocean’s grass and its changing due to climate😢

[@nothereanymore3836]

Nooooo

[@kernwildlife]

Algae blooms from nutrient run-off that comes from the mainland.

[@jeffmarkus5052]

@@kernwildlife Glyphosate AMPA is now a nutrient?

[@christopherciolko2401]

Rising levels of ocean acidity across the plane. t oxygen levels, making it harder for under-water plant & animal life to continue thriving, and maintaining growth at historical levels. least Fossil fuel chemical pollutants, micro-plastics. Contributing to Climate change, and impacting ocean currents, temperatures

[@NM2011CNBCTV18]

is this an enclosed artificial body of water in which they are captive? or is this the wild?

[@josephhalbohn8100]

These are wild manatees I’m pretty sure this is Naples, Fl. It’s weird to think of coastal Florida as “the wild” 😂 but these aren’t in captivity.

[@vast9467]

They’re wild, but there’s specific places that are conserved where boats can’t enter and manatees gather

[@rezyvx]

i was swimming at siesta key florida and a manatee came swimming by me, although they are cute i have never swam so fast away

[@Hoohaa509]

I didn’t think productive and manatee goes together 😂

[@fremy_ppq]

Oh pls can you help Romeo the manatee? Can you bring him here? His alone in a dirty pool tank 😭

[@Lan96]

Blessed nature

[@thatisaduck]

these indivijuls need some mac and cheese sichuashun

[@Buliwyf]

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[@MoonPresence-fg8dn]

Get Dorn down to florida!!

[@katz2_233]

Hai again woolly :)

[@thatisaduck]

@@katz2_233 what are you doing here

[@katz2_233]

@@thatisaduck uhhhhh. Playing elder scrolls ornline

[@yosmuc]

Only HUMAN is able to call other creatures “they are so ugly”….

[@rovitra]

My spirit animal i guess

[@fremy_ppq]

Please sign a petition for Romeo the manatee that was left alone in Miami pool tank. His been there since 1957 all alone in a dirty tank. Pls help this poor guy pls sign a petition to free him. Give him freedom. Pls people find it. This creature is so gentle and Don't deserve this kind off treatment. 😭😭

[@nursekim7628]

They saved him!

[@YTonYahoo]

Cool

[@madelineanabella6400]

I don’t think they’re ugly .

[@AleksandrStrizhevskiy]

Can we milk the sea cows like we milk the land cows? Would incentivize us to keep them alive.

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

I thought florida law prohibited touching or swimming with them they are a endangered species

[@eminurepatrick7272]

Plenty of it in my village river in ese odo local government of ondo state Nigeria

[@jkg6211]

These are West Indian Manatee. There's no such thing as a "Florida Manatee", per se. Fun fact - it's not so much humans causing their problems... they're eating themselves into extinction... because unlike most grazers, they don't bite off the seagrass they eat (no front teeth), so they rip it out, roots and all. The grass takes longer to grow back again (sometimes years), and simply can't keep up with their voracious appetite.

[@kernwildlife]

Gonna have to disagree, and go with my manatee biologist friends. The Florida manatee population is quite separated from the Antillean, the other West Indian sub species. You are right about their grazing habits, tooth structure, etc. but the collapse of our coastal sea grass beds lies squarely on elevated nutrient loads (due to human inputs) leading to algal blooms and turbid water.

[@jkg6211]

@@kernwildlife Yep. I'm going by what the Biologists are saying too - including what I see every day with my own eyes in my backyard. The Algae blooms are definitely caused by human induced nutrient runoff, but even that weren't the case, they're still eating themselves into extinction. The Seagrass simply can't keep up with their numbers and appetite. But every single Biologist and FWC Officer I know and have spoke with confirms - the critters living in my back yard and Mosquito Lagoon are indeed West Indian Manatees. They're not supposed to be this far north... Haulover Canal made that possible, and because of that passageway, they're basically an invasive species here in our Lagoon. So, I guess we can agree to disagree. Lol

[@BrazlianBigChungus]

​@jkg6211 You are completely right, manatees are not supposed to be present in North America, and are primarily found in the Caribbean rivers and the Amazon River.

[@BrazlianBigChungus]

​@@jkg6211 They must be the West Indian manatee, so they sure are invasive to Florida.

[@Connordeli]

not ugly

[@anoana7500]

Could be the chlorine

[@BelnaMakia]

294 Bailey Villages

[@armn8816]

Don't they have alligators in that water..?? Freely swim in that lake

[@jackwt7340]

Did the ancestors of beavers look like this?🦫

[@ApotropaicV]

Save the mana-tee shirt. Also, they aren’t “ugly.” Look at those faces!

[@RamanWill-j7c]

Linnea Prairie

[@jgarnhum8366]

w at is water croft

[@art-543]

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[@eliseolopez2790]

I AM

[@NancyWalker-d6b]

Bechtelar Square

[@Fourintegerenthusiast]

this is me if you even care

[@christophercook723]

It's Doe cile not Dicil😢

[@JoanneBanks-m6u]

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[@jeffmarkus5052]

check their mitochondria

[@jgarnhum8366]

d-ude caled them ugly shame on him they are beautiful sea pigs

[@NatashaHayes-dg6fp]

Taylor Angela Johnson Paul Williams Daniel

[@iJackson007]

Go off ! 🤣

[@raphatoon7895]

O nome e peixe boi

[@eliseolopez2790]

Leave your battle to me manatees

[@kernwildlife]

No intiendo

[@SandraYoung-j5b]

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[@sicsemper02]

Also... there's no shortage of fucking sea grass in Florida.

[@kernwildlife]

Ok bud.

[@AtticTapes14]

Dugong

[@apersonfromaplace019]

Degrees Fahrenheit😂

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