In Florida, 19 sea cows are stuck in a sewer pipe

Rescuers of the US state of Florida released from storm sewers in the area of ​​Cape Canaveral 19 manatees. Reports about it Central Florida News 13. The animals spent a few hours in the drainage pipe located in Satellite Beach (Satellite Beach). To get manatees, rescuers had to cut out part of the sewer pipe.

Rescue officers said that the animals probably climbed into the sewer to keep warm, and stuck there. After extraction of manatees from the pipe using slings and heavy equipment was transported to the nearest channel.

An employee of the state commission for the protection of fish and wildlife, Ann Spellman (Ann Spellman), who discovered the manatees, told the Florida Today publication that the length of the sewage pipe was about 40-45 meters. She noted that due to the cold snap the animals began to look for warmer water in the canals and, probably following each other, climbed into the pipe. Independently get out of there they have failed.

Manatees, also called sea cows, live in shallow water and feed on aquatic vegetation. Animals weigh from 400 to 550 kilograms, and their body length is about three meters. Manatees are most commonly found in the coastal regions of America, as well as in the Caribbean.