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Dramatic Manatee Rescue - Catherine - 12-02-2016
A city worker in Jacksonville discovered a Manatee stick in a 36 in drainage pipe.
He alerted the right people and after a five hour rescue the Manatee was feed.
There is a video and it does have a happy ending. It takes a lot of effort, but they do manage to free him. He will be looked after for a short time before he is released.
http://news.google.ca/news/url?sr=1&ct2=ca%2F5_0_s_11_1_a&sa=t&usg=AFQjCNHb2XYhxcNj1qUrTkoyPB1MEm5OwA&cid=52779288732038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mnn.com%2Fearth-matters%2Fanimals%2Fstories%2Fmanatee-rescued-florida-storm-drain&ei=swVBWLqrI4OQ3AG1qaqQAw&sig2=zXocTqh_1EzX-4lpnx_sOg&rt=HOMEPAGE&vm=STANDARD&bvm=section&did=-8468693121035199340&sid=-8045216523962456070&ssid=cstm&st=2&at=dt0
I have just one question. The Manatee is 1000 pounds and nine feet long. I am 125 pounds and five feet long. I wouldn't try to crawl through a 36 in pipe. What was the Manatee thinking. I don't even know how so big an animal got into so small a pipe in the first place.
Well done first responders and rescuers in Jacksonville Florida. They saved the Manatees life. He could never have gotten out on his own.