More Than 300 "Endangered" Manatees Converge on Popular Swimming Spot
 

Engangered indeed:

http://www.abc-7.com/story/28021781/...owd-out-humans

Classifying manatees as an endangered species has got to be one of the
stupidest things that Federal Fish and Wildlife has ever done. It's a
classic case of government overreach from an ageny co-opted by
pressure groups.

More Than 300 "Endangered" Manatees Converge on Popular Swimming Spot
 

wrote:
On Wed, 04 Feb 2015 17:21:06 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

Engangered indeed:

http://www.abc-7.com/story/28021781/...owd-out-humans

Classifying manatees as an endangered species has got to be one of the
stupidest things that Federal Fish and Wildlife has ever done. It's a
classic case of government overreach from an ageny co-opted by
pressure groups.

The last line of the seal part of the story may be a more significant
reason to keep swimmer out of Crystal River than just bothering the
manatees.
I bet the fecal coliform numbers are in the high 3 digits. A manatee
****s about 10 pounds a day.

We have a friend in LaJolla and she is losing her business over
seagull ****, the other problem the LaJolla government will not do
anything about. They have taken over the business district and nobody
will let anyone to do anything to run them off. Prime commercial
property is now a guano plantation.

They are a protected species. I think federal.

More Than 300 "Endangered" Manatees Converge on Popular SwimmingSpot
 

On 2/5/15 10:51 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 05 Feb 2015 01:20:10 -0600, Califbill
wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, 04 Feb 2015 17:21:06 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

Engangered indeed:

http://www.abc-7.com/story/28021781/...owd-out-humans

Classifying manatees as an endangered species has got to be one of the
stupidest things that Federal Fish and Wildlife has ever done. It's a
classic case of government overreach from an ageny co-opted by
pressure groups.

The last line of the seal part of the story may be a more significant
reason to keep swimmer out of Crystal River than just bothering the
manatees.
I bet the fecal coliform numbers are in the high 3 digits. A manatee
****s about 10 pounds a day.

We have a friend in LaJolla and she is losing her business over
seagull ****, the other problem the LaJolla government will not do
anything about. They have taken over the business district and nobody
will let anyone to do anything to run them off. Prime commercial
property is now a guano plantation.

They are a protected species. I think federal.

You can't kill them but you should be able to scare them away or just
make a place unattractive to them.



I was out there a few months ago. The gulls come and go. Down the coast
a tad, the big hotel where I stay has outdoor events on a lawn adjacent
to the ocean, and when it does, it hires a guy with trained hawks. If
gulls approach, the hawks take off from their stands and scatter the
gulls. I have no idea how he trained the hawks, but I've seen it done a
few times.

The La Jolla government has taken a number of steps to try to control
the gull problem. They're not sitting on their winglets.

But wait...why would a Libertarian expect the government to solve a
problem for a business person? :)

--
Proud to be a Liberal.

More Than 300 "Endangered" Manatees Converge on Popular Swimming Spot
 

Are manatees very tasty?

More Than 300 "Endangered" Manatees Converge on Popular Swimming Spot
 

On Thu, 5 Feb 2015 11:09:32 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

Are manatees very tasty?

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They tase a lot like eagle.

More Than 300 "Endangered" Manatees Converge on Popular Swimming Spot
 

Tim wrote:
Are manatees very tasty?

Sea cow is a name.

More Than 300 "Endangered" Manatees Converge on Popular Swimming Spot
 

Yeah Bill. Sea cow is right. Might be kind of blubbery but would be nice to try a steak.

More Than 300 "Endangered" Manatees Converge on Popular Swimming Spot
 

Wayne, I was thinking they might taste more like Spotted Owl.

More Than 300 "Endangered" Manatees Converge on Popular Swimming Spot
 

On Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 12:45:08 PM UTC-8, wrote:
On Thu, 05 Feb 2015 15:06:39 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 5 Feb 2015 11:09:32 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

Are manatees very tasty?

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They taste a lot like eagle.

Yup somewhere between eagle and baby seal anyway. After you take that
pretty white fur, it would be a shame to waste the meat. ;-)

Seriously, the Seminoles and Calusa ate the Manatees and I imagine
that, during the depression they were a prime source of protein but
now they are just pests in a lot of places.
I will say the folks in Crystal River are on more shaky ground
complaining than the people near power plants that are now under court
order to artificially heat the water in excess of the normal waste
heat from the generation of power. Screw global warming, we need to
save the manatee ... huh?

When you draw manatees to a power plant intentionally and that power
plant is on the main east west route across Florida, aren't you just
asking them to be hit by boats?

It would be like putting piles of corn and a salt lick in the median
of I-75 and then wringing your hands because so many deer are being
killed.

I'd say thats a pretty good analogy...

More Than 300 "Endangered" Manatees Converge on Popular Swimming Spot
 

Interesting. from May 2003

http://www.orlandoweekly.com/orlando...nt?oid=2260720