The fountain is in front of City Hall/Police Dept and has a mother Manatee and her baby.
Manatees (family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows.
They are a common sight in our warm Florida waters.
Our County is named after them.
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That is the sweetest sculpture.So many of them are being unjured by boat propelars!
That's so sweet! 👍❤️
Hari OM
In some parts of OZ we get Dogongs - close cousins of the Manatees. They are delightful! YAM xx
Beautiful sculpture of the Manatees. We have a very similar animal called a Dugong.I wonder how they differ or are they the same. You might do the research because I can't be bothered at the moment. (In pain with a sore back)
What a nice statue that is.
Facts. Dugongs are cousins of manatees and share a similar plump appearance, but have a dolphin fluke-like tail. And unlike manatees, which use freshwater areas, the dugong is strictly a marine mammal.
Hello,
I love the fountain and the manatees. They are cute critters. I have seen them in various places around Florida. Happy Sunday, have a great new week!
The best photo you shared is the close-up!!!
Now, I'm singing "when you're alone and life is making you lonely you can always go ...downtown!!!"
Regrets! In all my years living in Florida I never made time to go see the manatees. Someday, maybe?
PS - Back in the 90's there was a guest guitarist at our church who performed a ditty he'd written about a manatee named "Hugh." It wasn't long before we realized the song was about safe boating and keeping the waters clean for "HUMANITY."
What a beautiful post about Manatees they are graceful.
I watch Zoo Tampa on Animal Planet...they have a rehab center on site for injured Manatees
Hugs Cecilia
These are such amazing creatures. Its always on the news when you have a cold snap and the manatees huddle together inland.
I love seeing that blue sky. There's no such thing here again today.
At least it didn't rain all night and we didn't have t worry about flooding and our pumps. It sure can get depressing, which Dave and I are fighting today.
Off to church and out for a quick lunch then home and snug in our house again.
Sue
Years ago, we swam with manatees! Sweet.
That's a beautiful fountain. Thanks for sharing it. I know that my sister likes Manatees.
I love them and the fountain is just beautiful. I've seen a grown manatee in an aquarium, I think Monterey, but never a baby. That would be special.
I love them!!
Great photos and a beautiful sculpture of the manatees.
We saw some of those creatures being 'rescued' in a TV program. They like lettuce it seems. After they got healthy they were allowed to go bome again xxx MrT
Ahhh, so cute with the baby next to her.
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