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The fortunate manatees that winter in the springs of Kings Bay got a Christmas present! Lush thick eelgrass beds have been restored right near the entrance to Three Sisters Springs. This mother manatee was munching right before she led her calf back into the springs. It has been years since healthy aquatic grass was available in the canal right in front of this popular manatee wintering area. It has made it easy for mother manatees to eat, with calf in tow, while traveling to various spring areas nearby. A healthy well-fed mother manatee equals a rotund energetic calf. Plus the seagrass beds off Citrus County wererecently surveyed andobserved to be healthy and abundant. I took this photograph on December 22, 2021. Merry Christmas manatee mom and little one! Now we need to repeat this abundant food sutuation by restoring access to seagrass areas for manatees on Florida's East Coast, where aquatic vegetation has dimished lately. Conservationists are working hard on this right now. Trichechus manatus latirostris, the Florida manatee.Three Sisters Springs, West Coast of Florida Crystal River, Florida USA.

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The fortunate manatees that winter in the springs of Kings Bay got a Christmas present! Lush thick eelgrass beds have been restored right near the entrance to Three Sisters Springs. This mother manatee was munching right before she led her calf back into the springs. It has been years since healthy aquatic grass was available in the canal right in front of this popular manatee wintering area. It has made it easy for mother manatees to eat, with calf in tow, while traveling to various spring areas nearby. A healthy well-fed mother manatee equals a rotund energetic calf. Plus the seagrass beds off Citrus County wererecently surveyed andobserved to be healthy and abundant. I took this photograph on December 22, 2021. Merry Christmas manatee mom and little one! Now we need to repeat this abundant food sutuation by restoring access to seagrass areas for manatees on Florida's East Coast, where aquatic vegetation has dimished lately. Conservationists are working hard on this right now. Trichechus manatus latirostris, the Florida manatee.Three Sisters Springs, West Coast of Florida Crystal River, Florida USA.