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World Oldest Manatee died at South Florida Museum

Snooty, the manatee at South Florida Museum

The world oldest Manatee died at South Florida Museum after his 69th birthday.

If you do not know what Manatees are, then they are large, fully aquatic mostly herbivorous marine mammals  a.k.a. sea cows.

Oldest Manatee died

They are generally plant eaters and peaceful like cows on land, so they are called sea cows. They often slowly eat on water plants in tropical seas like cows do on fields. Their average weight is around 400 – 500 kilograms maximum to 1700 kilograms. They spend their 50% time sleeping. They can not survive below 15 degree Celsius and that is why they are typically found near the equator so practically Africa and Southern parts of North America or Norther part of South America.

Now you know a lot of things about manatees, so coming back to the manatees who died in south Florida museum. Museum authorities are doing a full analysis of what had happened but they have released an initial investigation below

Above release says

“Our initial investigation indicates that Snooty’s death was a heartbreaking accident and we’re all quite devasted about his passing”. Meseum CEO Brynne Anne Besio said in a release. “We’re reviewing what happened and will be conduscting a full investigation into the circumstances”

Snooty was found in an underwater area that’s only used to access plumbing for the exhibit life support system, according to museum staff. They say it seems that an access panel door that’s normally bolted shut had somehow been knocked loose and the manatee was able to swim in.

The other manatees in his habitat are all okay.

The aquarium will stay closed while staff continue to investigate and grieve Snooty’s death

As a result of Snooty’s death, people are leaving tributes and also they are protesting.

Here are some twitter reaction

So what do you think, please comment.

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