Apollo Beach Florida Manatee viewing center at the Tampa Bay Electric TECO Manatee Viewing Center is an amazing easy access place to view hundreds of Florida Manatees while they are overwintering in the warm effluent of the power plant. This is a subspecies of the West Indian Manatee that is native to Florida and its scientific name is Trichechus manatus latirostris. In this video I share all the details you need to know about Manatees including why they need to over winter in warm springs or factory effluent, where they live, what they eat, how old do they get, how big are they and more fascinating Manatee facts.
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Sea grass view
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Zostera on sandy bottom
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Sea grass in current
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Green sea grasses
Milorad Mikota, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
24 май 2024