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State Rescues Manatee Calf
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Published: March 18, 2009
The young manatee's mother was nowhere to be seen, and it didn't react when people in kayaks approached it.
Barnacles and algae had accumulated on the calf, which meant it had barely moved for days, said Andy Garrett of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.
The male calf, about 1 year old, was rescued Tuesday from a canal adjacent to Tampa Electric Co.'s Big Bend Power Station in Apollo Beach and taken to Lowry Park Zoo for rehabilitation, Garrett said.
TECO workers spotted it in the canal Saturday, he said.
Ray Reyes
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