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TJ Fridrich, with the Save the Manatee Club, joins the podcast to talk about what listeners need to know about when manatee can be dangerous (seriously!), what their mating behavior might look like, and where you can see some excellent documentaries about manatee and their ilk.

Links We Mentioned

Save The Manatee Club

The Disturbance Theory

Mating herd in Haulover Canal

Report a manatee sighting

Amazonian manatee and Last Chance To See

Last Chance To See documentary

Swimming Through Air with the Springs Eternal Project

Forgotten Mermaids (Jacques Costeau)

Save the Manatee 5K

Attack of the Killer Manatee 

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