Manatees in Crystal River...July 1, 2012

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While in Florida last weekend we took Mom and Dad to Crystal River to swim with the manatees. We had a blast swimming with a young manatee calf for over an hour. Our guide knew the calf as "Baby Scratch". She was about 10 months old, approximately 6 feet long and weighed about 400 pounds! She was very curious about us and when we would touch her side she would roll around as if begging for more!

It was an amazing experience we will definitely plan to do again in the winter months when there are as many as 500 manatees in the river.

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