Do You See a Manatee?

Do You See a Manatee? (HM20GN)

Location: Apollo Beach, FL 33572 Hillsborough County
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N 27° 47.375', W 82° 24.136'

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As manatees move about in the warm water, you may see various parts of their anatomy. These include:
Snouts
If you hear a rushing noise like that of a snorkeler who's blowing water out of his tube, be sure to scan the water's surface for an odd-shaped ball that suddenly appears. Manatees are mammals and need to breathe air. When they come up to take a breath, you might get a glimpse of their snouts. Look for their nose flaps that open and close to keep water out of their lungs. When resting, the manatee may rise to the surface every 7 to 20 minutes to breathe.

Backs
On clear days you might see an oval-shaped object that looks like a large rock with barnacles appear and then disappear. You have just seen the back of a manatee as it was resting near the water's surface.

Flippers
Watching carefully, you might see a small, gray, paddle-shaped object that waves in the air and splashes. That is the manatee's flipper. It uses its flippers to steer and to hold vegetation as it eats. The bumps near the end of the paddle are actually fingernails left over from when the creature lived on the land millions of year ago.


Tails
Look for a vary large fan-shaped paddle that might wave back and forth before it slips back into the water. This is the manatee's tail, which propels it through the water.

Water Signals
As the manatee submerges underneath, the water, it makes a series of half-moon swirls on the water's surface.

Southwest Florida
Water Management District
WATERMATTERS.ORG 1-800-423-1476
Alafia River Basin Board
Hillsborough River Basin Board
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HM NumberHM20GN
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Date Added Sunday, August 6th, 2017 at 7:02am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17R E 361850 N 3074682
Decimal Degrees27.78958333, -82.40226667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 27° 47.375', W 82° 24.136'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds27° 47' 22.5" N, 82° 24' 8.16" W
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Area Code(s)813
Closest Postal AddressAt or near Manatee W Trail, Apollo Beach FL 33572, US
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