Massive manatee favors Manhattan suburbs

[leftchick]

NEW YORK - In the heat of summer, all sorts of tourists head north to cooler climes. This year, a manatee has joined the crowd, cruising past the nightclubs of Manhattan and continuing north.

The massive animal has been spotted in the Hudson River at least three times in the last week — first off the Chelsea and Harlem sections of Manhattan, then to the north in Sleepy Hollow in Westchester County.

"It was gigantic," said Randy Shull, who said he spotted the unusual visitor Sunday afternoon while boating at Kingsland Point Park in Sleepy Hollow. "When we saw it surface, its back was just mammoth."

John Vargo, the publisher of Boating on the Hudson magazine, said his alert about the sightings was met with disbelief by some boaters.

"Some were laughing about it, because it couldn't possibly be true," he said.

It is unusual for one of the creatures — often associated with the warm waters of Florida — to travel so far north, although they have been reported along the shores of Long Island and even Rhode Island.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060807/ap_on_sc/city_manatee

[evermind]

1. Oh, the huge-manatee!

sorry.

[mom cat]

3. You should be!

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[colorado_ufo]

4. I loved it!

May God forgive me.

[Texifornia]

5. Simply....

wonderful.

[HockeyMom]

2. Actually,

my husband is in Naples, Florida. It has been hotter HERE in New York than in Florida.

He thinks that's very funny.

[Judi Lynn]

6. Hope they can get that guy rounded up and moved south before winter!

Something tells a person a manatee just wouldn't like it in New York all that well in December!

[Sabriel]

7. I sentence you to the Punitentiary

You deserve it for that one.

[adriennui]

8. the manatee needs an intervention

as much as i love the idea of manatees in NY....this is no place for it to vacation. let's get him/her back to safer waters. the boat traffic here is crazy during the summer.

[leftchick]

9. KO just covered this

he said " There is no global warming, there is no global warming!"

[MsKandice01]

10. I love manatees!

I hope the big guy gets home safe soon.

[PaganPreacher]

11. Not the first time this has happened....

In 1936, a giant manatee was sighted at Lakehurst, NJ. A news broadcaster told a stunned America of its tragic end.



The Pagan Preacher
I don't turn the other cheek.