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Steve Milby
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Initially Posted - 07/19/2011 : 07:45:47

While my son, Matt, is in Japan, fighting Godzilla, we're dealing with the Chesapeake Bay's sea monster. A manatee, normally found in Florida, but a real rarity in the Chesapeake Bay, turned up in Flag Harbor Marina. In the attached article, the photo of it was taken about 50 feet from my slip. It has been dubbed by the press as "Chessie." An article about it also appeared in the Washington Post and I believe the Baltimore Sun.

http://www.somdnews.com/article/20110715/NEWS/707159885&template=southernMaryland

Steve Milby J/24 "Captiva Wind"
previously C&C 35, Cal 25, C25 TR/FK, C22
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DaveR
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Response Posted - 07/19/2011 : 09:37:04

I hope they relocate it. It'll die this winter ............

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Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 07/19/2011 : 10:22:46

I thought that too...but the article said she may be "Chessie" a known manatee seen since 1995, last photographed 2001.....so if it is "Chessie", she migrates and will be okay.

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 07/19/2011 : 10:42:50

I was stunned to see they weighed as much as 1600kg, but then saw they converted that to 1320lbs. Did a bit of research, and 1300lbs is certainly a doable size, so looks like someone added on an extra thousand kg. I hope it is Chessie, and they leave him (her?) alone, seems to be able to take care of himself.

Edit: Read some more, and they have found specimens as large as 1777kg, which is nearly 4000lbs, but manatees that size are incredibly rare.

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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 07/19/2011 : 13:20:21

From what I've read, I believe they have identified the Flag Harbor animal as Chessie, by the scars. They relocated it to Florida once, years ago, but haven't bothered since, because it seems to know instinctively when to head south. They had a tracking device on it for awhile, and tracked the animal much farther north than the Chesapeake, before it returned south.

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Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 07/20/2011 : 09:45:39

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Steve Milby
 because it seems to know instinctively when to head south.
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Best just to leave her alone and let nature do her thing.

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