Are manatee-crossing signs next?
 

On Feb 24, 9:26*am, I am Tosk
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"Manatee hot tub" *That line still cracks me up.

HAHAHAHA!

?;^ )

I have a visual already thank you. I have to walk by the hot tub at the gym
every once in a while. I can't imagine a real manatee would be worse! My eyes!
My eyes!!! I'm bliiiiiiiiiiinnnnd!!

--
Can I haz Cheezeburger?

Throw a head of lettuce in that hot tub and see what surfaces.

?;^ )

Are manatee-crossing signs next?
 

In article ,
says...

On Feb 24, 9:26*am, I am Tosk
wrote:
In article ,
says...



"Manatee hot tub" *That line still cracks me up.

HAHAHAHA!

?;^ )

I have a visual already thank you. I have to walk by the hot tub at the gym
every once in a while. I can't imagine a real manatee would be worse! My eyes!
My eyes!!! I'm bliiiiiiiiiiinnnnd!!

--
Can I haz Cheezeburger?

Throw a head of lettuce in that hot tub and see what surfaces.

?;^ )

ugh... Thanks Tim, ruuuuuuuuuppppp I think I just puked a little.

Scotty

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Can I haz Cheezeburger?

Are manatee-crossing signs next?
 

On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:00:50 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:46:35 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

The manatees are listed as endangered by the ESA. There are thought to be
fewer than 2000. Even if they weren't, why not protect them, since they
can't outrun the boats or dive deep enough. Does it really threaten your
"freedom" to slow down and look where you're going? (Not you
specifically....)

This is probably an exercise in futility ...

No ****.

Manatees are listed as endangered only because of the high powered
lobbying efforts of the well funded Save The Manatee Club. STMC
members have donated millions of dollars and the club feels an
obligation to spend that money lobbying for new regulations, needed or
not. Most places in South Florida have enough Manatees that they are
at risk of over breeding their habitat.

How would youfeel about a 5 mph speed limit on your local highway to
prevent the risk of road kill?

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John H

Are manatee-crossing signs next?
 

On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:47:53 -0500, I am Tosk
wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Feb 24, 9:26*am, I am Tosk
wrote:
In article ,
says...



"Manatee hot tub" *That line still cracks me up.

HAHAHAHA!

?;^ )

I have a visual already thank you. I have to walk by the hot tub at the gym
every once in a while. I can't imagine a real manatee would be worse! My eyes!
My eyes!!! I'm bliiiiiiiiiiinnnnd!!

--
Can I haz Cheezeburger?

Throw a head of lettuce in that hot tub and see what surfaces.

?;^ )

ugh... Thanks Tim, ruuuuuuuuuppppp I think I just puked a little.

Scotty

Does manatee **** float? That could be a good reason to start thinning the herd.
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John H

Are manatee-crossing signs next?
 

On Feb 24, 12:06*pm, wrote:
On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:17:48 -0800 (PST), "JustWaitAFrekinMinute!"





wrote:
I am all for protecting wildlife but most of this manatee problem is
man made by the same people who think they are protecting them.
The "manatee zones" are political compromises that are not actually
based on much science. It simply gives the politicians political cover
when people ask what they are doing. They can say we protected "x"
thousand square miles of water for the manatee, whether that is where
the manatee are or not. This 10,000 islands zone has not been
protected that much up until now because for most of the winter, the
water is too cold for a manatee. The same is true in most of Florida,
except where we are creating hot spots.
If we were really following the ESA we would not be discharging the
hot water in the first place (the ESA says we are not supposed to
interrupt their natural behavior). We certainly would not be
artificially heating it. Unfortunately this policy is driven by people
out in "flyover land" *who have never seen a manatee, don't own a boat
and know very little about either one of them.

BTW how do you feel about mountain lions?
What if someone called them the "California Panther" and said you
could not disturb one that was eating your pets and chasing your kids?
We have that going on here too. Again, it is mostly driven by people
who don't live here.- Hide quoted text -

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So you are saying these decisions are made on the Federal level and
the folks in your state are bound by them?

Yes- Hide quoted text -

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How do the legislature and enforcement feel about these decisions? Are
they fighting, could you cut off funds or refuse to enforce like
States with Marijuana laws? Or are the state leaders not interested
for whatever reason in taking on this fight? As someone outside your
state, based on what I see "spoon fed" to me is there are plenty of
Manatees, they are a problem, and I don't agree with the protections
the Fed has initiated...

Scotty

Scotty

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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:46:35 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

The manatees are listed as endangered by the ESA. There are thought to be
fewer than 2000. Even if they weren't, why not protect them, since they
can't outrun the boats or dive deep enough. Does it really threaten your
"freedom" to slow down and look where you're going? (Not you
specifically....)

This is probably an exercise in futility but I'll give it one try.
Manatees are listed as endangered only because of the high powered
lobbying efforts of the well funded Save The Manatee Club. STMC
members have donated millions of dollars and the club feels an
obligation to spend that money lobbying for new regulations, needed or
not. Most places in South Florida have enough Manatees that they are
at risk of over breeding their habitat.

How would youfeel about a 5 mph speed limit on your local highway to
prevent the risk of road kill?


So, the number they gave of about 2000 is wrong? If so, then you must have a
number you can point to? At some point, someone has to make a determination
about if a species is endangered or not. It's currently the ESA. The claim
was they they don't list them, but they do.

I brake for lots of creatures, but a highway is a bit different than on the
water. I don't want to get in a wreck over a squirrel.

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"Tim" wrote in message
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On Feb 24, 3:00 am, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:46:35 -0800, "nom=de=plume"

wrote:
The manatees are listed as endangered by the ESA. There are thought to be
fewer than 2000. Even if they weren't, why not protect them, since they
can't outrun the boats or dive deep enough. Does it really threaten your
"freedom" to slow down and look where you're going? (Not you
specifically....)

This is probably an exercise in futility but I'll give it one try.
Manatees are listed as endangered only because of the high powered
lobbying efforts of the well funded Save The Manatee Club. STMC
members have donated millions of dollars and the club feels an
obligation to spend that money lobbying for new regulations, needed or
not. Most places in South Florida have enough Manatees that they are
at risk of over breeding their habitat.

How would youfeel about a 5 mph speed limit on your local highway to
prevent the risk of road kill?

Mayb they ought to train them to eat or kill carp and ship a few up on
the Illinois river.


I think they're vegg--sauruses.


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Nom=de=Plume

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On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:06:22 -0500, wrote:

So you are saying these decisions are made on the Federal level and
the folks in your state are bound by them?

Yes

And the feds spend a lot of tax payer money enforcing the law, as do
the local LEOs.

Are manatee-crossing signs next?
 

On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:37:53 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

So, the number they gave of about 2000 is wrong? If so, then you must have a
number you can point to? At some point, someone has to make a determination
about if a species is endangered or not. It's currently the ESA. The claim
was they they don't list them, but they do.

Latest count: 5,067 - a new record high.

http://citrusdaily.com/local-news/cold-weather-results-record-manatee-count/2010/01/21/25690.html


I brake for lots of creatures, but a highway is a bit different than on the
water. I don't want to get in a wreck over a squirrel.

Water is also a form of transportation for many of us, no difference
at all.

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On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:46:35 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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wrote in message
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On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:22:27 -0800 (PST), Tim
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On Feb 23, 10:00 am, wrote:
On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:47:35 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/...speed-zones-go...

Looks like they're getting their own speed zone, now...

They have had their own speed zones in Lee County for over a
decade.http://myfwc.com/docs/WildlifeHabita...tee_leeMPZ.pdf
Vast areas are slow speed, either all year or seasonal.
The speed limit around the 10,000 islands was 20. Now it is slow
speed. I assume that is all year.

I figured that was in order. I'm wondering though at that slow of a
speed wihen the battle wagons come though there, at such slow speed
they plow deep. I supppose the next thing will be that prop guards
will be made manditory.

The ones that get prop scarred are the lucky ones. The ones that die
are usually the ones who can't get deep enough to avoid the blunt
force trauma of a keel hit or taking an outboard leg in the side.
If you see a prop scar, it is usually an inboard.

The more they looked at these things the more they figured out are
around so the current thought is they should probably be de-listed if
you used any rational logic in determining what should be protected
but there has never been much logic in manatee or panther protection.
Both are far from endangered if you use the ESA rules. In fact there
is no such thing as the Florida Panther in the strict sense. They are
hybrids, cross bred with Texas cats.

When I told my wife about this she just asked "who is going to enforce
this"?
They better bring a helicopter if they are going to try to catch one
of those Everglades City boys going through the mangroves.



The manatees are listed as endangered by the ESA. There are thought to be
fewer than 2000. Even if they weren't, why not protect them, since they
can't outrun the boats or dive deep enough. Does it really threaten your
"freedom" to slow down and look where you're going? (Not you
specifically....)

That is an old statistic. When they finally started counting them they
found out there are several thousand in our little county alone.
There is a move afoot to delist the manatee, based on the ESA rules.

The real problem is that FPL has a power plant here that used to
discharge a lot of warm water in the Caloosahatchee river and that
attracted the manatee to that particular spot. That is also where most
are killed, either right at the plant or coming and going from there.
Unfortunately that river is also the only east west passage across
Florida. It is like putting a salt lick in the middle of the I-5 and
wondering why so many deer get run over.

The real irony is when they converted that plant from bunker oil to
natural gas they did not have as much waste heat so the greenie
weenies sued to force FPL to artificially heat the water instead of
allowing the manatees to migrate south like they are supposed to.
A lot more manatee die each year from starvation and cold shock
because of that than boat strikes. There is just not enough food
around that plant to support that many manatee.
It also does a real number on our fecal coliform counts, forcing the
closure of a few beaches every winter. 1000 manatee is a 50 acre plot
are basically like a sewer pipe discharging right into the water

The other thing people do not accept is speed may not even be the
biggest problem with boat collisions. Manatees are not smart enough to
get out of the way, even if you are going slow and I have actually had
them swim up behind my boat when I was running at idle/slow speed and
put their nose right up to the prop.. They are attracted to the water
discharge from the "pee hole" because people use their garden hose to
bring manatee up to the dock for a drink of fresh water (or whatever
attracts a manatee to a hose squirting in the water).

I am all for protecting wildlife but most of this manatee problem is
man made by the same people who think they are protecting them.
The "manatee zones" are political compromises that are not actually
based on much science. It simply gives the politicians political cover
when people ask what they are doing. They can say we protected "x"
thousand square miles of water for the manatee, whether that is where
the manatee are or not. This 10,000 islands zone has not been
protected that much up until now because for most of the winter, the
water is too cold for a manatee. The same is true in most of Florida,
except where we are creating hot spots.
If we were really following the ESA we would not be discharging the
hot water in the first place (the ESA says we are not supposed to
interrupt their natural behavior). We certainly would not be
artificially heating it. Unfortunately this policy is driven by people
out in "flyover land" who have never seen a manatee, don't own a boat
and know very little about either one of them.


BTW how do you feel about mountain lions?
What if someone called them the "California Panther" and said you
could not disturb one that was eating your pets and chasing your kids?
We have that going on here too. Again, it is mostly driven by people
who don't live here.


You sound like an environmentalist! Good for you.

I don't care what they call them. People need to protect their pets and
kids. It's not the mountain lion's fault. They're acting as they should,
esp. given our intrusion into their natural habitat.

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