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Ways you can help:
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Alabama Manatee Naming Contest!
Congratulations to our winners Kelly and Donna Page who submitted the name "Brodie" after their adorable, water-loving pug!
Thank you to all of our supporters for making our first ever Manatee Naming Contest a huge success!
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Reports from the public make a difference.
Help us find, study, and protect these wide-ranging animals! For more information on this study please visit http://merl.disl.org.
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Report manatee sightings 24 hours a day:
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Adult Manatee and Juvenile
Credit: Lucy Keith Diagne, Sea 2 Shore Alliance |
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Please give as much of the following information as possible:
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Date and time of sighting (please note AM/PM)
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Location of sighting with as much detail as possible, including an associated street address, river name, and (if possible) GPS coordinates
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Name and phone number or e-mail address of reporting party
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Number of animals and approximate size
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Any distinguishing marks, scars (these details are important because manatees can be identified by scar patterns)
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What they were doing (swimming, floating, foraging; improve your sighting by using standard behavior codes)
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How they were spotted (from boat, dock, etc.)
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Please send a photograph/.jpg, if one was taken (but don't get too close to the manatees). If you send a photograph, please fill in and return a DISL's Manatee Sighting Network photo credit sheet. You may return the sheet by email to manatee@disl.org.
All Reports to Mobile Manatees will automatically be reported to the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in Daphne, AL.
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Manatees need plenty of space. Please do not do anything to alter their natural behavior, entice, scare, or "harass" them.
The best rule of thumb is to stay at least 100 feet from manatees.
If you spot one, don't chase them, feed them, or touch them; give us a call as soon as possible, and we will get to work!
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Adult Manatee and Juvenile
Credit: Monica Ross, Wildlife Trust
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