About 1,000 manatees starve to death in Florida

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Florida is losing one of its most prized aquatic animals.

Nine-hundred and eighty-four manatees, also known as “sea cows,” died in 2021 — about twice as many as the 483 that died in 2020, according to data from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

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