Manatees at Fort Lauderdale Beach, Florida

When we decided to go to the beach today (05/06/2012), we had no idea we would be treated to a very special appearance by some very large and very cute West Indian manatees; multiple males vying for the affection of one female.

Local 10 News story: http://www.local10.com/thats-life/Man...

The Sun-Sentinel story: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/brow...

The Huffington Post story: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05...

The Inquisitr story: http://www.inquisitr.com/232317/flori...

The Baltimore Sun story: http://www.baltimoresun.com/videogall...

The Washington Post story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/nationa...

NY Daily News story: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/natio...

The Long Island Press story: http://www.longislandpress.com/2012/0...

The Global Post story: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/...

The Chicago Tribune story: http://www.chicagotribune.com/videoga...

The State Journal-Register story: http://www.sj-r.com/breaking/x1266598...

The San Francisco Chronicle story: http://blog.sfgate.com/hottopics/2012...

The Calgary Herald story: http://www.calgaryherald.com/technolo...

The Vancouver Sun story: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Mana...

KITV News Honolulu story: http://www.kitv.com/Herd-of-manatees-...

TIME story: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/05/08/w...

ABC story: http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerInd...

MSNBC & Today story: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/2618489...

FOX story:http://myfox8.com/2012/05/09/manatees...

USAToday story: http://www.digtriad.com/video/default...

KPLR 11 story: http://kplr11.com/2012/05/08/manatees...

Yahoo! Odd News story: http://news.yahoo.com/video/oddnews-2...

Discovery story: http://blogs.discovery.com/animal_new...

The Weather Channel story: http://www.weather.com/weather/videos...

Digital Journal story: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article...

DailyMail story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic...

Daily Picks & Flicks story: http://dailypicksandflicks.com/2012/0...

Viral Viral Videos story: http://www.viralviralvideos.com/2012/...

NHK (Japan Broadcasting Company): http://doga.nhk.or.jp/doga/viewvideo....

• Category

  Pets & Animals

[Cadynce09]

I'm from Ft.Lauderdale myself (tho I don't live there now) We'd see them in the inlets all the time b ut never like this, Thanks for sharing

[Craig Hossack]

My pleasure.

[Thomas Jonker]

im not good at english but what are manatees

[Craig Hossack]

Check this out. There's these things call search engines. Try using one and type in the word "MANATEE".

[2centsplain]

I'm glad you are tall enough to get such good video. Great filming and editing. Thanks for sharing.

[Craig Hossack]

I'm not that tall. I just held the camera above my head for most of it. [LOL] Thanks for the positive post though. 

[HarelShmoaly]

They aren't dangerous :)

[Craig Hossack]

Basically... yes.

[Kimadaishi]

They don't seem to know not to crowd the poor creatures. The squealing probably scared them too... oh people. As long as they weren't physically harmed I guess. :C

[coastrealtyfl]

That's cool last time I saw our friendly sea cows was at the Miami Zoo. They came close to shore.

[Tim Tastic]

^^look like a gangbang^^

[mimi4ka2208]

These video clips are amazing. I found myself so puzzled watching my best mate go from being a loser to a ladies man. He began getting girls instantly. I was amazed. He pretended he failed to realize. He then smiled and told me while he was wasted. He revealed he learned from the Jake Ayres Master Attraction Formula. Google it and you'll find it... He's seeing a stunner... Lucky fucker!

[dra353]

or they are called sea cows.

[tjared141]

those manatee should be on "Girls gone wild" lol