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Photographer: Sandra Hughes
Taken: January 9, 2013
Caption: Manatee Scar Identification Marker
Additional Description: Splat (TB122), Gender: Male, First sighting: February 1996 - TEC Big Ben Power Plant, Since his initial sighting in 1996, Splat has been documented at this warm water site during most winter seasons. He has also been photographed in the Sarasota Bay Area during spring months. Splat acquired the large scar on his back, as well as the one on his left side, some time between the winters of 2001 and 2003. In addition, Splat was captured and fitted with a GPS tag in January 2006, and monitored as part of a telemetry study for approximately three months.
Submitted: August 3, 2017, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA.
Database Locator Identification Number: p392737
File Size: 0.322 Megabytes

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