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Florida rescuers struggle to save manatees hit by deadly algae

2013-03-14 06:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Virginia Edmonds, standing in shallow water, used her legs to slowly nudge an ailing young manatee to one side of a treatment pool. A half dozen other female members of a manatee rehabilitation team hovered close by - one with a syringe - waiting for the signal. "OK!" Edmonds called, as the others jumped in and threw a mat over the manatee to try and hold it still. The 545-pound (247-kg) mammal bucked, thrashed, rolled and tossed the women off before he could get his antibiotic injection; just...

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