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Lost Manatee Dies on Trip Home

Rescue goes awry an hour from Sea World

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 13, 2008 3:30 AM CDT

(Newser) – A one-eyed stranded manatee who had been rescued from the cold waters off Cape Cod died just an hour before reaching what was to be his new home in Sea World, Florida. The manatee, dubbed Dennis after turning up in the Massachusetts harbor of East... Read full story »

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