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MIAMI, March 11 (Reuters) - A red tide algae bloom has killed a record 174 manatees so far this year off Florida's southwest Gulf Coast, ...
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Red tide blamed for a record 174 manatee deaths on Florida's Gulf Coast
A deadly outbreak of the algae
bloom known as "red tide" has killed 149 manatees so far this year, just
two short of the record 151 killed in 1996.
MIAMI, March 11 (Reuters) - A
red tide algae bloom has killed a record 174 manatees so far this year
off Florida's southwest Gulf Coast, authorities said on Monday.The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said it was the highest number of red-tide-related manatee deaths in any single calendar year.
The Florida manatee, averaging 10 feet long and 1,000 pounds, has long hovered on the edge of extinction and it is covered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act of 1973. Florida officials said 81 of the herbivorous marine mammals died last year and that 205 had died of all causes so far in 2013. The one-cell organism that causes red tide releases a toxin when it dies, sickening manatees. "Signs that a manatee is affected by red tide include a lack of coordination and stability in the water, muscle twitches or seizures and difficulty lifting its head to breathe," the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a statement. It said the current red tide off Florida's southwest coast had first been detected in September.
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