
Florida manatee deaths decline, but starvation threat looms: report
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Manatee deaths in Florida have declined in 2022, but wildlife officials warn that starvation is still a serious threat while pollution kills seagrass - a staple in their herbivore diet.
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That’s a near 27% decrease from what the state recorded in 2021 – if numbers stay the same.
The deaths were divided into nine categories: watercraft collisions, flood gate or lock accidents, other human causes, perinatal, cold water stress, natural, not necropsied, undetermined and undetermined other.
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