Florida Manatees Dying of Starvation in 'Unprecedented' Numbers

[marmar]

[Demovictory9]

1. Horrible

[Warpy]

2. Water hyacinths are an invasive plant in the Everglades

where it rarely gets cold enough to make them die back, choking waterways and pushing out native plants.

Manatees love 'em, they're the best control known.

Perhaps they might consider edging the Indian River with those. It would be a lot prettier than what's there now.

Ah, I see GMTA: https://www.conservationmagazine.org/2014/03/water-hyacinth-in-kings-bay/

[hlthe2b]

3. This is wrenching. We can address this and so many other ecological problems, if we would just TRY

[djm5971]

4. Rethugs will never allow it

They don't care if everything dies off, as long as there is money to be made. This is so sad.

[geardaddy]

5. :(

So sad.

Side note: This video is weird. It sounds like the narrator is just a screen reader voice and the photos are really a hodge podge of nothing, e.g. the smiling couple and a cheetah?

[Piasladic]

6. depressing

That just unmade my day, but thank you for the information.

[LT Barclay]

7. Also the result of USFWS backing off of protections once

Population reached about 1 percent of estimated historical population