In observance of Manatee Awareness Month, we"re swimming through a clear Florida river with these friendly "sea cows." Generally solitary animals, they 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.
Swimming with the sea cows
Today in History
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Guiding ships to safety
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Here we mark the price of freedom
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Fiesta at Siesta
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Sequoia National Parks 134th anniversary
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Sea lion in a kelp forest, Baja California, Mexico
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A winter’s holiday ends
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National Hispanic Heritage Month
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
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The city of Osaka at night, Japan
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A cutting-edge art gallery opens in Paris
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Park of the Monsters, Bomarzo, Italy
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This grizzly has Napping Day down
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Watson Lake in Granite Dells, Arizona
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Lizard of mystery
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St. Patrick s Day
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Polar Bear Week
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Road-trip worthy attraction in the heartland
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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch on the institution s 175th anniversary
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Ring of Brodgar, Orkney, Scotland
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Agüero, Huesca province, Spain
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Prayer flags in Phobjikha Valley, Bhutan
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When in Rome...celebrate Saturnalia
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Mountain mists over Bavaria
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Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia
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Welcome to the Year of the Pig
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An ice cap-puccino
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An emerald isle of the Emerald Isle
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Hello, spring!
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An unlikely friendship in the wild
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47 years of Badlands National Park
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