See the Touching Moment a Distressed Baby Manatee is Rescued

[Judi Lynn]

BY JOSEPH GOLDER, ZENGER NEWS ON 6/13/22 AT 6:39 PM EDT

A distressed 4-week-old manatee was rescued off the coast of Belize by a Florida-based research team.

A video shows a man carrying the young aquatic mammal out of the water, which was said to have been rough, and onto dry land in Belize, a country in Central America known as a haven for scuba divers.

The footage was obtained from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA), which is based in Florida and said that the rescue took place on the shores of Belize City, near the Belize Coast Guard Headquarters facing the Caribbean Sea.



The man, who has not been named but who works for the Clearwater Marine Aquarium's Research Institute, can then be seen feeding the manatee with a baby bottle before the young marine mammal is taken to a local rehabilitation center.

More:
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[Deuxcents]

1. Loved this

When I was a kid, we had to cross over a pedestrian bridge over a canal with lots of “sea cows” to get to school. A lot of them n in my lifetime, they have become endangered b/c of too many people, development, fast boats and climate changes. Very sad to see but thankfully there are those who care