Get a Free Bracelet
and Plush Toy
Adopt-A-Manatee for Mom this year. For just $25, she'll get a photo, biography, certificate, and newsletters. And if you adopt a manatee at $35, we'll add a free beaded bracelet and plush toy! Go >>

Good News! Legislature Includes Funding for Manatee Programs
The Florida Legislature has passed SB 1286, which will fund the manatee rescue and rehabilitation program. Action by Governor Crist is still required, as is your help. Go! >>

Tracking Manatees
with Monica
Recently, SMC biologist Artie Wong went out on the St. Johns River with Monica Ross, a biologist with Wildlife Trust, to track three manatees named Annie, Rocket, and Hurricane. Go >>

Public Service Ads Available
Do you have room in an upcoming publication to donate space for SMC's public service ads? Check out our "Big as a Mother's Love" ads for Mother's Day. Go >>

A Manatee Calf Could Be Named After You!
Enter a donation drawing for a chance to name a manatee calf. The donation is $10 for each name you submit. You must be a member of Save the Manatee Club in order to enter. Go >>

Q. Is a group of manatees called a pod or herd?
A. Because manatees have evolved with few natural enemies, they have not needed the protection or cooperation of a herd. Consequently, they are semi-social, somethat solitary animals.
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