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Cause of death revealed for decapitated manatee, but questions remain as to why it happened
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The body of a decapitated manatee was floating in the river.
Five weeks later the cause of death has finally been confirmed. The gentle sea cow was crushed by the flood gates at the structure.
According to a just released report by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the South Florida Water Management District, “Necropsy findings and gate operation logs suggest that the manatee attempted to pass from the upstream to downstream side when the door closed on its head and crushed it.”
2020 was bad year for manatees
Floodgates, locks killed especially high number By Adriana Brasileiro, The Miami Herald
Published: January 19, 2021, 6:02am
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3 Photos A manatee mom and calf seen Thursday gathering at their favorite cold-weather spot: the warm-water outflows from Florida Power & Light s plant in Riviera Beach, Fla. (GREG LOVETT/The Palm Beach Post) Photo Gallery
MIAMI In a year when a third of manatee fatalities in Florida were not investigated because COVID-19 restrictions limited necropsies and boat strikes once again topped deaths caused by humans, one indicator stood out: manatees killed by floodgates and locks.
Of a total of 619 deaths in Florida’s waterways last year, 10 manatees were crushed or drowned in flood-control structures, according to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s preliminary mortality report. It may seem like a small number compared with the 90 animals that died after being hit by boats. Bu
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Flooding in the Las Palmas neighborhood just east of Everglades National Park in November stranded a FedEx truck.
On the edge of the Everglades, less than a couple thousand feet from a backdoor entrance to the national park, the Las Palmas neighborhood teeters like a forlorn scheme to conquer the marshes.
Perfectly gridded lots are filled with heavy equipment, plant nurseries and a handful of houses. Goats and dogs wander fenced yards. And after a good rain, there’s water everywhere.
“I left for work in the morning before 8 a.m. and we had puddles. No big deal,” resident Raul Arrazcaeta said in November after a downpour the night before. “When I got home at 5:30, I had five inches of water on my driveway. Right now, I’m sitting on my porch and the only thing that doesn’t have any water is my porch.”
Collier commissioners agreed to support legislation to expand administrative boundary of the Big Cypress Basin board but said concerns must be addressed.