Re: Manatees

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From: Mike Apsey
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 00:00

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Djpedone wrote:
> 
> In article <ySXhrDA1zXaxEw7N@peteh.demon.co.uk>, Peter Hughes
> <peter@peteh.demon.co.uk> writes:
> 
> >Just been told that over 1000 Manatees have been washed up dead on the
> >beaches from Tampa down to Marco Island. Is there any truth in this? If
> >so does anyone know the reason? 1000 seems to be a very large number,
> >the last I heard there was only about 1500 Manatees left in Florida.
> 
> Don't know about the number but allot of them just recently died from a
> mysterious virus.  Last I heard the cause and type of virus was still
> uncertain.
> 
> j.
> 
> Jerry Pedone (jpedone@nexrad.osf.uoknor.edu)
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The last I heard, the number was 130, not 1000, and the cause of death is 
pneumonia. The cause of the pneumonia is unknown at this time.
-- 
apsey@worldnet.net 
Mike Apsey / Tampa

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