Captain Chuck and the Manatee
May 31st 2010 Manatee? We'd read about these 'gentle giants'; 1200 pounds of mammalian, warm-blooded, breast-feeding, air-breathing, family-oriented, sea-dwelling life-force. I once knew a professor in university who was excited about getting the opportunity to do manatee research in Florida, but that was the extent of my prior knowledge.
The reality was a 'huge' wake-up call. At every bridge and juncture
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