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(LaBomba182) writes:
| Subject: Manatee protection
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| As I understand it, it it the "west indian manatee" because it is from West
| India, and brought to South florida because it would eat the Hyasishts
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| For better or worst, the Manatee is indigenous to Florida.
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| http://northflorida.fws.gov/manatee/...tive-facts.htm
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| Capt. Bill
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We have the story they were imported, they are native, and that they were native
but were exterminated so others were imported. And then there is the issue of
whether there are different species/subspecies/varieties.

None in Minnesota in the wild.

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Del Cecchi

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