A Manatee in a Drain? Seriously?!
Right, because Florida wasnt already overflowing with bizarre news. Now we’re rescuing manatees from storm drains. Honestly! You cant make this stuff up, folks. Apparently, some poor, bewildered sea cow decided a concrete tube filled with rainwater and questionable debris was an acceptable habitat. A manatee. Gentle giants! Majestic creatures! Reduced to being fished out of a drainage pipe like discarded trash.
And the photos! Don’t even get me started on the photos. Theres this enormous, confused animal looking utterly defeated, surrounded by humans in bright yellow vests wielding ropes and nets. It’s just…peak Florida. A perfect encapsulation of everything that is simultaneously wonderful and completely ridiculous about this state.
I mean, what were you doing, Mr. Manatee? Did you get lost? Were you following a rogue shopping cart? Was there a sale on seagrass down below that proved too tempting? And the people involved – heroes, they’re being called. Heroes. They just did what anyone with a shred of basic decency would do! It’s not heroic to rescue an animal from a situation entirely avoidable if we werent constantly messing with nature and building things on top of wetlands.
Just another day in paradise, I suppose. A manatee in a drain. Because why not?
