You can’t
see many manatees in local waters this time of year, but thanks to a new webcam
from the Save the Manatee Club, you can see them any time you want on-line.
Save the
Manatee Club has just activated new manatee webcams at Blue Spring State
Park in Orange City.
Under
water and above water cameras are strategically located in the park’s spring
giving live streaming of endangered manatees and other Florida wildlife
seven days a week, year-round.
You can
see the cameras at savethemanatee.org/livecams.
And if
you visit Blue Spring to explore the park you can watch the live webcams from a
large TV screen in the Concession Courtyard area.
Manatees
are listed as endangered at the international, national, and state levels
largely due to human activity.
The
population is estimated to be about 5,000 concentrated year-round in Florida.
According
to preliminary figures from the Florida Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission, 453 manatees died from all causes in 2011 –
88 from boat strikes and at least 112 from cold stress.
In the
last 2 years, a total of 1,219 manatees died from all causes.
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