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Manatee Scar Identification Marker
Photographer: Sandra Hughes
Taken: January 9, 2013
Caption: Manatee Scar Identification Marker
Additional Description: Wedge (TB021), Gender: Male, First sighting: October 1993 - Tampa Bay, Wedge was first sighted in 1993 when his scars were fresh. Since then, they have healed into a series of wedge-shaped white scars. He regularly visits the TECO Big Bend Power Plant during the winter and has also been photographed at the TECO Bayside Power Station. During the warmer months as well as on warmer winter days, Wedge often spends his time in a small basin off Old Tampa Bay.
Submitted: August 3, 2017, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA.
Database Locator Identification Number: p392736
File Size: 0.315 Megabytes

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