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aggresive_sloth in wtf_nature

Manatees huddle for warmth

Feb 04, 2009 13:18

Embedded video from CNN VideoAbout 100 manatees warm themselves in the discharge water of a Riviera Beach, Florida, power plant ( Read more... )

mammal, north america, marine life, sea life

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rayerai February 5 2009, 01:31:40 UTC

Not surprising. It's frigging cold down here. Good job, manatees. XD

chumas February 5 2009, 01:53:49 UTC

they do that all the time at the Fort Pierce nuclear and gas power plant as well. the power plant is sort of a hangout for the buggers and the wallow around and eat the vegetation that grows in the outlet streams.

btw, manatee farts are DISGUSTING.

q1 February 5 2009, 06:19:39 UTC

I'm curious as to how you know what a manatee fart smells like.

chumas February 5 2009, 18:29:24 UTC

there's a little bridge that goes over the outlet stream and the manatees seem to group up there observing us as we observe them. And occasionally one of them rolls over and lets loose and ass cannon shot.
Last time that happened, I had little bits of manatee shit all over me, which is basically half digested plant material.

shadowvalkyrie February 5 2009, 16:04:05 UTC

Manatee mutants world conquest, y/y?

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dodgy_mermaid February 5 2009, 02:35:10 UTC

How cuuuute!

alien_zero February 5 2009, 02:46:29 UTC

I went swimming in power plant discharge water in lake Erie, just outside of Cleveland.

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I'm still deciding what I should name the tumour when it arrives.

jirel February 5 2009, 15:20:22 UTC

If you lived down here long enough you would know that. I can't remember when I first heard about it though, I've been down here since '69.