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Saving Florida’s Starving Manatees

Florida’s gentle giants are dying in record numbers.

06/22/2022 | Rating TV-PG

Changing Seas

Saving Florida’s Starving Manatees

Preview: Season 14 | 2m 53sVideo has Closed Captions

Florida’s gentle giants are dying in record numbers.

Florida’s iconic sea cows are dying in record numbers. Years of declining seagrass beds have eliminated one of the gentle giants’ primary food sources. Now wildlife managers have taken the unprecedented step of feeding the animals, while scientists are in a race against time to restore the lost seagrass.

06/22/2022 | Rating TV-PG

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Major funding for this program was provided by The Batchelor Foundation, encouraging people to preserve and protect America’s underwater resources. Additional Funding was provided by The Parrot Family Endowment for Environmental Education.

Saving Florida’s Starving Manatees

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Preview: S14 | 2m 53s | Florida’s gentle giants are dying in record numbers. (2m 53s)

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Major funding for this program was provided by The Batchelor Foundation, encouraging people to preserve and protect America’s underwater resources. Additional Funding was provided by The Parrot Family Endowment for Environmental Education.

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