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unit 15 were trying to save the manatees!-manatee of the month文章素材 flicker checks out a researcher doing manateephoto identification work. (photo courtesy of fwcc)when you first see flicker, you cant help but notice the many small propeller scars that run across her back. when she was identified in 1983 near ft. myers, florida, a florida fish and wildlife conservation commission (fwcc) researcher commented that her scars looked like flickering flames. thats how she got her name. flicker has had more than one run-in with a boat. her tail is missing a few chunks from contact with a propeller, and shes also had her share of entanglement woes (more on that later). but that hasnt stopped her from racking up manatee miles on her frequent trips around tampa bay.in the winter, flicker hangs out at tampa electric companys (teco) power plant in apollo beach, florida. manatees cant tolerate water temperatures below 21 c (70 f), and they gather near natural springs or warm water outflow of power plants when the weather turns colder. besides visiting the teco plant, flicker also makes trips across the bay to the florida progress plant in bartow. after all, she doesnt want to play favorites! her distinctive scars resemble flickering flames and earned flicker her namea few years ago, flicker literally got caught up in some trouble that turned into a real adventure for her and her rescuers. one day, residents of coffeepot bayou in tampa bay reported a manatee with a crab trap line and a bouy wrapped around her tail. it was flicker. but the extra additions didnt slow her down. she towed the line and bouy almost 10 nautical miles across the bay! then she turned north to the alafia river where she picked up more line and another bouy. and then she got caught in two mooring lines attached to a houseboat.by the time the fwcc rescue staff had arrived, flicker - who is a big manatee - had stripped off one of the bouys and almost swamped a law enforcement boat. it took three attempts by the rescue staff (along with a couple of cleats and several planks from the houseboat) before she was free. both flicker and her rescuers escaped with no injuries. and shes still continuing to trek across tampa bay. in fact, last winter, she was a bay-wide traveler, visiting teco, the florida progress power plant, and culbreath key (across the bay from florida progress) all in one year. the winter fluctuated between cold and warm weather, and flicker may have decided to hightail it to bartow when things warmed up a bit. the warm water disperses faster there on the unprotected flats, but lush seagrass beds can be found, so there are always good eats!were happy to report that last spring flicker was spotted with six other adults in the culbreat
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