FREEZING MANATEES STRUGGLE TO STAY WARM
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm. The gentle giants have travelled 300 miles from the cold winter waters of the Gulf of Mexico to the springs of Crystal River, Florida. For manatees, it is vital they retain as much body heat as possible, otherwise their digestive systems can shut down. Belgian photographer Ellen Cuylaerts visited the lumbering 1,200lb creatures in the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge, where sick manatees are rescued and given care and surgery to get them back in the wild.
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SISTERS BOTCHED NOSE JOBS AND £19.5K SURGERY BILL
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UNUSUAL ANIMAL FRIENDSHIP
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SEEING DOUBLE - A TWO HEADED TURTLE BORN AT TEXAS ZOO
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GOOGLEMAP WHALESHARKS
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KRYPONITE BEACH
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SWALLOW WHOLE - YOUNG BIRD ENJOYS DINNER TIME
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THE EVOLUTION OF GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL
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DRIVER TRAPPED UNDER 4x4 FOR AN HOUR IN HORRIFIC MOTORWAY CRASH
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