{"id":664,"date":"2008-07-26T10:15:20","date_gmt":"2008-07-26T14:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=664"},"modified":"2008-08-30T10:17:54","modified_gmt":"2008-08-30T14:17:54","slug":"manatee-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=664","title":{"rendered":"Manatee Rescue"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here’s an adorable photo released by SeaWorld Orlando of an orphan manatee rescued in Ormond Beach<\/a>. More manatee rescue information can be found here <\/a>and here <\/a>and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“This is the smallest manatee I’ve ever seen brought to SeaWorld,” said Steve Lehr, assistant curator of animal care and a rescue team member for more than 30 years. “We’ve had other animals come in the same condition (with some of the umbilical cord attached), but they were considerably larger than she is.”<\/p>\n

The calf — still unnamed — is about 2 feet long and weighs 21 pounds. She was found in a small cove along Strickland Creek, keeping mostly to herself, according to the Fish and Wildlife Commission.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s an adorable photo released by SeaWorld Orlando of an orphan manatee rescued in Ormond Beach. More manatee rescue information can be found here and here and here. “This is the smallest manatee I’ve ever seen brought to SeaWorld,” said … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-aI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=61","url_meta":{"origin":664,"position":0},"title":"Darwin lives!","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"October 6, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Darwin the manatee that is. 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