Baby Manatee

This is a little video about a little baby Manatee I come upon up on Weeki Wachee River. Music by Carolina Sweet Band. Take me to the River. Enjoy!

Update - filmed in June of 2009 - Today is Nov 8,2009 - As of this update today I have since been back and found "Lucky" 3 more times. He is doing well. The river got too shallow for him to leave - normally his momma would push him out with her in the summer. She is presumed dead. Lucky feeds on veg in the river, has no predators - except boat props & skids. His instincts should guide him. More manatees will be coming into the river now that the Gulf temp is dropping as winter here approaches. He will learn from them - this is a very special little manatee - well he is getting bigger and in good health. More footage of Lucky the baby manatee will be in my upcoming film Gentle Giants - Lucky will have a starring role for sure. Thanks everyone for the kind words. Lucky thanks you too!

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• weeki
• wachee
• river
• florida
• manatee
• baby

[theanytimeshow]

Thanks Everyone for the kind words... it gives me encouragement to finish this film.

[bkbeltgal]

If he is really that young.. isn't he too young to be away from his mom?

[theanytimeshow]

I suspect this baby manatees momma died - because manatees do not abandon their young.

[artcubis]

This is so beautiful.... eternal summer in the everglades, florida. the gentle giant and dreamworld... thanks for posting. lovley music too.

[theanytimeshow]

Actually this was filmed up the Weeki Wachee river - not in the Everglades. " Lucky " BTW is doing well as of last week when I visited him again. Getting big - will see he gets out of the river next spring. Even though his momma must of died - manatees have good instincts. This baby manatee is now about 9 -10 months old. 3 or 4 when this video was shot. New footage of Lucky and his story will be part of the Gentle Giants film have been working on. Lucky says thanks everyone for the kind words!

[Skinnyoompalumpa]

this video wAS THE BEST VIDIO EVER

[spudrugger]

Great video! I came down to the Crystal River area in February.... I have been getting to know the manatees since. A breathtaking experience!

[avideo4u]

@nguy87 Someone ought to club you - and put you out of your misery...

[summermanatee6]

OMG this video is inspiering i love it and remem SAVE TH MANATEES

[nguy87]

Club it and put it out of its missery. They will end up run over by a boat anyway.

[iamariarilke]

@IBTS13 Hello, I live in South West Florida, very far south. I live on a part of the River that is both salt water from the Gulf of Mexico and fresh water from the river. This mixture or meeting of the two bodies of water is called brackish. All manner of marine life live here including blue crab, dolphin, tarpon, snook, turtles and yup a family of manatee have lived here for years and years. We have an infant this year that is the size of a human thigh. I don't know about all Manatees only FL.

[Rakshaming]

Manatees are closely related to elephants.

[theanytimeshow]

The cold weather in Florida this winter has been hard on the manatees.

Wildlife biologists say close to 200 of the endangered creatures have perished because of the extreme cold. That's an unprecedented number.

By mid-February, 301 manatees had turned up dead from various causes. The average number of deaths for this time of year over the previous five years is just 10.

Manatees cannot tolerate water temperatures below 65 degrees.