Al Vazquez wrote [edited]: > > Let me remind everyone again, however, that feeding or > intentionally feeding or harassing manatees is illegal as it can alter their > behavior in ways that can endanger them. At Chasshowitzka (sp?) Springs County Park, visitors there told me it was legal to feed them their natural foods plucked from the surrounding environment, but you were not supposed to bring things like iceberg lettuce from the supermarket. One guy was pulling some kind of water plant from along the shore and then holding it out for the manatees who would come toward the beach and take it from his hand. Two manatees winter in the little lake in front of the park office, a mother and her calf. They have been coming there for a few years now. One year the DNR took them someplace they would be safer from powerboats, but they returned. I'd appreciate it if someone could check on them and let me know how they are doing as I probably won't make it down to Florida this winter. -Bob Matter Freezing in Hammond, Indiana *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Dec 31 2001 - 14:42:59 PST
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