In observance of Manatee Awareness Month, we"re swimming through clear, aquifer-fed spring waters in Florida with two friendly "sea cows." Generally solitary animals, manatees are also known to be curious and will approach boats. That"s why Florida enforces special speed zones for watercraft, particularly as the manatees are on the move to warmer areas to spend the winter. While manatees have no known natural predators, they remain a vulnerable species due to loss of habitat and collisions with boats. These two have arrived in Three Sisters Springs, a natural freshwater spring system in the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge on the west coast of the Florida Peninsula. The refuge protects critical habitat for the hundreds of manatees that migrate here each winter.
Life in the slow lane
Today in History
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Lunar eclipse
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That s quite a schnoz, baby tapir
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And the skies filled with bats…
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International Day of Color
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A garden of prickly delights
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Brown pelican, San Diego, California
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Design for Each and All
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Happy Arbor Day!
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Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
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Computer science on the page
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Native American Heritage Month
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Saint Andrews Day
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A city, a cliff, a canyon…and cheese
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All hail the king of shrubs
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Into the woods
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Toledo, Spain
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Take this for a spin...
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Black History Month
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Freeloaders of the avian world
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Pi Day
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Dark Sky Week
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Celebrating Chile’s Independence Day
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The Bahamas
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These patterns tell a story
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Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia, Chile
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Is that a smile?
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Martin Luther King Day
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Spring equinox
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Sunburst at Angkor