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Besides inland natural springs, a popular destination for the docile aquatic mammals is the warm-water outflows of about a dozen power plants around Florida. Manatees have been attracted to the ...

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Florida’s iconic manatees gather in droves near the warm-discharge of the state’s coastal power plants ...

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Manatees suffering from depressed temperatures in typically balmy Florida are resorting to hanging out in the warm discharge of the state’s power plants. According to an Associated Press report ...

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