Snooty Prepares for His Big Party
The soon to be 64-year-old Manatee is used to posing for photos after so many parties over the years.
He's ready for his close-up. Snooty is set to turn 64 and like every other year he's about to get a huge party. No surprises here for the senior citizen sea cow. The South Florida Museum has been doing it up big for Snooty for more than a decade. Afterall he is considered to be the oldest living Manatee. He's one of four Manatees living permanently in captivity and he has a decade on the others, said Marilyn Margold, aquarium director. Currently Snooty is living with a couple of much younger Manatees — Epac and Charlie — as they go through rehabilitation before being released back into the wild this winter. Those living in the wild today rarely make it to their teenage years with the hazards of modern life: boaters, red tide and even the …
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