A Manatee Family Visits

24 February 2017

P1030297Today we got to enjoy a manatee family’s visit.

P1030300Manatee like to drink fresh water, however it is strongly discouraged to turn a hose on for them.

But, one of our dock mates (we aren’t naming names) did just that.

P1030306 P1030301The adults definitely enjoyed the decadence and rolled on their backs to savor the sweet water.

After much time watching, researching on google about manatee body parts, and analyzing  what we were seeing, we came to the conclusion that the big one ( in the middle of the photo with the scars on her back) was momma manatee, the middle sized one was papa (bottom of the photo), and the small one (top of the photo) is baby.  P1030309