On Feb 26, 7:05*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:39:21 -0800 (PST), Jack
wrote:

Was once snorkelling in a spring and a manatee came up and obviously
wanted to be scratched. We tried to stay away from it but it kept
coming up to us.

Is manatee scratching a common thing?

What is fairly common, is peeople giving them fresh water from a
garden hose. *Manatees really like that and come to expect it from
other people. *They usually lay on their backs and just guzzle it in.

I'd be concerned about attracting them to the neighborhood. *They have
incredibly bad halatosis and if one got killed nearby we'd probably
get swarmed by a new round of lobbying efforts. *People who like
manatees should adopt one for a pet.

Halatosis? You've been way to close to a manatee, Wayne. :-)