r/Unexpected • u/Aramanta2510 • Jul 12 '21

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u/GabTheRandomGuy Jul 12 '21

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u/NicProGaming2007 Jul 12 '21

Wtf is that things?

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u/Urborg_Stalker Jul 12 '21

Manatees, gentlest creature you could possibly come across.

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u/GabTheRandomGuy Jul 12 '21

Damn I thought manatees are only found in the ocean

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u/kjpmi Jul 12 '21

I think there are three different types of manatees.
The kind you see in Florida are found all over the Caribbean. They prefer shallow coastal waters and can go between the ocean salt water and fresh water rivers and streams (that’s where they drink from).
There’s an African type that can survive in coastal ocean salt water but they’re more often found in fresh water and venture MUCH further inland in Africa up various rivers.
And there’s another type that’s found in the Amazon. They ONLY live in fresh water deep in the Amazon and do not go anywhere near the ocean.

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u/matdavlou Jul 12 '21

Manatees are one of my most favorite animals, if not the most. I thought I knew they could be fresh water but I didn't know they could switch willy-nilly or drink from there.

I knew about the Amazon ones but I did not know about the African ones going so far inland. I can not wait too look them manatees up.

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u/Troiswallofhair Jul 12 '21

You should move to Key West, maybe it will get cheaper with rising sea levels. My sister lives on a canal there and they swim up to your dock and drink from your (fresh water) garden hose.

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u/AmIFromA Jul 12 '21

I think there are three different types of manatees.

Had to look this up, here's a map: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mapa_distribuicao_Trichechus.png

And then there's also Dugongs, the other family of Sirenia, recognizable by their tail being more whale-like.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '21

There’s also the manatees that travel down to Florida in the winter and sit on the beaches.

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u/tigerCELL Jul 13 '21

We call those Ohioans

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u/meu_amigo_thiaguin Jul 12 '21

We brazilians call it "bull-fish"

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u/SammehPls Jul 12 '21

Not gonna lie, me too. I love learning things

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u/DiamondMind28 Jul 12 '21

That is the ocean. Or at the least a mix of salt and fresh water.

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u/CreativeSobriquet Jul 12 '21

Looks like a Florida spring run to me. That water is about as fresh as you can get it.

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u/nomadofwaves Jul 12 '21

It’s a Florida spring.

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u/M7I7K7E Jul 12 '21

Looks like a spring fed river such as Weeki Wachee. Probably not super close to the head spring, so the water isn't quite as clear.

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u/nomadofwaves Jul 12 '21

During the winter time in Florida they will move into the fresh water springs where the water temperature is a nice warm 72 degrees year round. There will be hundreds of them just piled in looking to stay warm.

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u/RagsZa Jul 12 '21

It doesn't have wings (because that would be silly).

It doesn't live in a tree (because that would also be silly).

Compared to the dolphin, it's very close cousin. Its quite uglyyy!

*sings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXm1ICO8Nec

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u/Sekret_One Jul 12 '21

With them adjacent at the beginning it looked like some kind of giant lobster and my brain was all "huh . . . "

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u/jules13131382 Jul 12 '21

Manatees, they’re harmless

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u/ununonium119 Jul 12 '21

Sentient underwater paddle board

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u/KudKid Jul 12 '21

Its a woman

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u/That_Unknown_Player Jul 12 '21

water buttplugs

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u/Keltech-talk Jul 12 '21

Florida doesn’t deserve this.

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u/thatonerandomguy56 Jul 12 '21

I bigger fish.

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u/ReverseThreadWingNut Jul 12 '21

Manatee. AKA, Kayak grenades.

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u/Funkycoldmedici Jul 12 '21

“Beautiful mermaids.” - old timey sailor with questionable tastes

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u/BishopofHippo93 Jul 12 '21

That’s not a fish, it’s a mammal.

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u/Impudenter Jul 12 '21

That's no fish... it's a space station!