Florida manatees, the gentle sea mammals known as "sea cows," are dying in Florida at an alarming rate, mostly of starvation as their main staple of sea grass disappears in the state's Panhandle region, according to experts. Out of an estimated population of 6,000 to 7,000 manatees in Florida, up to 1,000 died last year alone, manatee biologist James "Buddy" Powell told Reuters TV. People ride a kayak as a manatee swims off-boundaries of a sanctuary in Three Sisters Springs at the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge, in Crystal River, Florida, U.S., January 13, 2023. REUTERS/Marco Bello "I think what we see now is a wake-up call," Powell said. "You'll have thousands of manatees in an area, to which they come sort of expecting, you know, 'Where's the buffet?' And they arrive an...
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