{"id":126105,"date":"2024-11-15T11:18:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T04:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126105"},"modified":"2024-11-15T11:18:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T04:18:45","slug":"manatee-found-1-5-miles-from-florida-open-waters-rescued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126105","title":{"rendered":"Manatee found 1.5 miles from Florida open waters rescued"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">Hundreds of manatees were spotted at Three Sisters Springs, part of the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge Complex in central Florida,\u00a0in dramatic video captured on Jan. 23, 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><strong>DIXIE COUNTY, Fla.\u2013 <\/strong>Since Hurricanes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/helene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Helene<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/milton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Milton<\/a> hit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a> in September and October, wildlife rehabilitation experts have been working hard to help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/animals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">animals<\/a> left stranded or injured by the storms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">One notable rescue occurred in Florida&#8217;s Big Bend region recently when a 2-year-old manatee was found 1.5 miles from open water in a small pond near the Big Bend Wildlife Management Area in Dixie County, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZooTampa\/posts\/pfbid0CSFoyXDLTuPLroTQhz3sYnhu7UtCNoqUdDBKfvGhWfsDPfjFgV5MoLqvNnRMQBTCl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ZooTampa Facebook post<\/a> about the rescue.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The manatee, now named Gully, was found by a hunter and other people who called the <a href=\"https:\/\/myfwc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission<\/a> (FWC), according to Sandra Morrison, director of communications at ZooTampa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Morrison said Gully most likely ended up in the area after Hurricane Helene brought heavy storm surge to Florida&#8217;s Big Bend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/extreme-weather\/florida-manatees-rescued-after-being-stranded-hurricane-helene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FLORIDA MANATEES RESCUED AFTER BEING STRANDED ON LAND BY HURRICANE HELENE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">ZooTampa partners with the FWC to rehabilitate sick, injured or stranded manatees called in by citizens, Morrison said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Together, ZooTampa and FWC helped save Gully from the pond and relocate him to ZooTampa, where he&#8217;s now recovering at their Manatee Critical Care Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Gully was physically uninjured, but due to a lack of food sources from his remote location, he was thin and needed nourishment.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;He&#8217;s being tube-fed twice a day, and he&#8217;s starting to show some interest in food,&#8221; Morrison said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">According to FWC&#8217;s website, manatees are aquatic herbivores, and eat seagrass and other aquatic plants. Morrison said a concerned citizen fed Gully lettuce until he was rescued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;He&#8217;s doing better,&#8221; Morrison said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">She said Gully will be kept at ZooTampa until the Manateee Care Team deems him healthy enough to be released back into Florida&#8217;s open waters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/288\/162\/img_0932.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/576\/324\/img_0932.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/720\/405\/img_0932.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1440\/810\/img_0932.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/668\/376\/img_0932.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1336\/752\/img_0932.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/668\/376\/img_0932.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Gully the manatee at his home in ZooTampa's David A. Straz, Jr. Manatee Critical Care Center after his rescue.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Gully the manatee at his home in ZooTampa&#8217;s David A. Straz, Jr. Manatee Critical Care Center after his rescue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (ZooTampa \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">ZooTampa&#8217;s post said without the involvement of concerned citizens, Gully&#8217;s rescue wouldn&#8217;t have been possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">In addition to Gully&#8217;s rescue, the FWC has conducted a few other manatee recoveries in recent weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">In one post to X, the FWC said it rescued a lone manatee calf measuring about 4.9 feet long, from the Caloosahatchee River. The manatee was taken to SeaWorld for care, the post said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">In another rescue after Hurricane Milton, the FWC said it saved a female manatee from a residential canal\/pond system. The manatee was taken to ZooTampa for rehabilitation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/288\/162\/female-manatee-saved-fwc-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/576\/324\/female-manatee-saved-fwc-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/720\/405\/female-manatee-saved-fwc-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1440\/810\/female-manatee-saved-fwc-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/668\/376\/female-manatee-saved-fwc-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1336\/752\/female-manatee-saved-fwc-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/668\/376\/female-manatee-saved-fwc-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"After Hurricane Milton, a manatee was found entrapped in a residential canal\/pond system, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">After Hurricane Milton, a manatee was found entrapped in a residential canal\/pond system, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (@MyFWC\/X \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">If you encounter a manatee that appears to be sick, injured, dead, tagged, orphaned or distressed, report it to the FWC by calling the Wildlife Alert Hotline. For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/myfwc.com\/research\/manatee\/information\/support\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/extreme-weather\/florida-manatee-rescue-helene-storm-surge\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of manatees were spotted at Three Sisters Springs, part of the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge Complex in central Florida,\u00a0in dramatic video captured on Jan. 23, 2024. 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