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| Great Egret on the lookout for idle manatees. |
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| No manatees over here. |
Monday I finally took a kayak out to Bair's Cove boat ramp, the notorious manatee hangout. Those manatees are a brassy bunch, they just swim right up to you and shove your kayak around like they own the place. I believe there was some, ahem, bedroom activity going on, which is why they were so active this morning. There was a lot of twisting and possibly some shouting going on by the looks of it.
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Barbara Manatee (manatee, manatee) / You are the one for me (one for me, one for me) / Sent from up above (a manatee from heaven) / You are the one I love
Yes, that is a Veggie Tales song, sung by Larry the Cucumber. It gets stuck in my head every time I see a manatee, which is not as often as I would like. |
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I've got your nose!
Manatees can hold their breath for up to 20 minutes (according to myfwc.com) but typically surface to breathe noisily every 3 to 5 minutes. |
To see my video of some manatee action, click here:
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| Manatee poo floats. And is very smelly. (Max, this picture is for you). |
Manatees can grow to be up to 12 feet long, and I think I may have seen a few that were indeed that large. It's a bit disconcerting to see the real big guys floating around passively under your kayak and then realizing that, if they decided to get at all frisky, you would be taking a dip. But then you could say that you were attacked by a manatee, so it'd probably be worth it.
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| I'm going that-a-way |
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| If I was a Brown Pelican I'd stand on that rock too. |
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| Sing a joyful noise, all ye pelicans! |
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