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Old 07-01-2004 | 12:05 PM
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Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe there not even a native species.
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Old 07-01-2004 | 01:34 PM
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There is no Florida or American Manatee..They came up from the Caribbean
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Old 07-01-2004 | 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Audiofn
They are floating pieces of crap that can swim.....

They are so dumb that they will eat things that will kill them and swim were they can get run over. DARWIN comes to mind...

Jon
We humans are pieces of crap for polluting the earth.
We humans are pieces of crap for creating litter that will kill them.
Animal minds do not develope like humans. That doesn't make them dumb. They lack the capacity in which God gave them. They were around long before Humans.

It saddens me to hear people say such things. I'm not self righteous. It sucks when people can be so careless and thoughtless. They can't help it. Us the pieces of crap can because we have the capacity.
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Old 07-01-2004 | 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Baja Daze
Manatees are just another excuse for enviro-whackos to collect a paycheck. They are worthless, helpless creatures that pose a threat to boaters. They destroy nearly a 1000 pounds of seagrass a day. And of course, what goes in, must come out...they create 1000 pounds of pollution per day. They eliminate habitat for other marine life.
Circle of Life. Every animal as an intricate roll in the unique delicate world.
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Old 07-01-2004 | 02:00 PM
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Believe what you like.
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Old 07-01-2004 | 05:56 PM
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Manatee They are on the pages of PowerBoat Mag,

Wasabe, while I respect your opinion, I wonder if you would feel the same way if they closed down most of the water areas around the OC to powerboats because of manatees invading where you live???

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Old 07-01-2004 | 06:33 PM
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Just simply lovely Creatures; we should add the Manatee and Norway Rats to this list.
Christ we are as bad as India with the Holy Cows.

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Old 07-01-2004 | 07:31 PM
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The problem is some people like these things.
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Old 07-01-2004 | 07:42 PM
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http://www.americanscientist.org/art.../Gerstein.html

The problem to boaters is that manatees are attracted to the sounds of props and engine noises generated by boats. They swim toward your props almost instinctively. So laws to forces boaters to idle down coastline channels attracts these things in greater numbers. Why don't people get bent out of shape if a car hits a deer or runs over a possum? These things aren't meant to be in US waters anyways. Get some fishing boats to capture them and haul them back to the equator regions.

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Old 07-01-2004 | 07:49 PM
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Popcorn? Beer?? chomp!! chomp!!Munch Munch
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