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Photographer: Sandra Hughes
Taken: January 9, 2013
Caption: Manatee Scar Identification Marker
Additional Description: DeSoto (TB220) Gender: Male First sighting: December 2002 - Fort de Soto County Park DeSoto was rescued December 9, 2002, from Fort de Soto County Park after FWC researchers determined that he was too young to be alone in the chilly waters of the Gulf of Mexico. After spending over a year in rehabilitation facilities, DeSoto was released with tracking gear at the TECO Big Bend Power Plant in February 2004. In March 2005 he was captured to assess his body condition and to remove his tracking gear. Since that time he has been documented returning here when temperatures in the area drop.
Submitted: August 3, 2017, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA.
Database Locator Identification Number: p392735
File Size: 0.351 Megabytes

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