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August 8, 2006 11:09 AM

Oh, the huge manatee! Newsfilter/Manatee filter. A visitor to the Hudson River: "The manatee has been spotted at 23rd Street near Chelsea Piers, West 125th Street, and later in Westchester County. It appeared to be healthy." More here.
posted by jokeefe (26 comments total)

Also: The Poughkeepsie Journal and The Gothamist weigh in.
posted by jokeefe at 11:12 AM on August 8, 2006

It must've moved up to Westchester when the seals moved in and ruined the nieghborhood.
posted by jonmc at 11:13 AM on August 8, 2006

Whoops, sorry about the printer box at the Poughkeepsie Journal page. Alternate link here.
posted by jokeefe at 11:13 AM on August 8, 2006

So that's how the Colombians are moving their poduct into NYC - trained manatees.
posted by Flashman at 11:15 AM on August 8, 2006

Hopefully he'll have a more pleasant visit than the coyote or those hawks.
posted by gsteff at 11:21 AM on August 8, 2006

Hopefully all of the gawking boaters won't hit him with their props.
posted by shoepal at 11:24 AM on August 8, 2006

Are we sure its not just Meg Griffin?
posted by Talez at 11:25 AM on August 8, 2006

Hey did you notice the author of the article's middle initial is 8?

I want to see the manatee, but I'm chained to my desk in midtown!
posted by witchstone at 11:34 AM on August 8, 2006

What? No references to Chessie?
posted by MrMoonPie at 11:43 AM on August 8, 2006

Oop! Just read the Poughkeepsie Journal article.
posted by MrMoonPie at 11:45 AM on August 8, 2006

Hey did you notice the author of the article's middle initial is 8?

Yeah, that's an eight, all right.
posted by Faint of Butt at 11:54 AM on August 8, 2006

Maybe it likes water chestnuts. I know I do.
posted by owhydididoit at 11:55 AM on August 8, 2006

Isn't it fortuitous that the Hudson River estuary is warm enough for manatees this year? A long term ecological trend, perhaps?
posted by rdone at 12:21 PM on August 8, 2006

The poor thing's just trying to get its car back from Hoboken's robo-garage!
posted by clevershark at 12:35 PM on August 8, 2006

that's the funniest pun i have ever read or heard.
posted by nola at 12:48 PM on August 8, 2006

This this'll really kill you.
posted by MrMoonPie at 12:53 PM on August 8, 2006

And nola, no manatees were injured in the making of that graphic.
posted by jokeefe at 1:48 PM on August 8, 2006

"Yeah, I want to talk to the sea pig"

"Uh, you mean sea cow"

"Whutevah. You fat, you need to go on weight watchers and get a job"

"I'm a manatee, I live in the ocean"

(paraphrased)
posted by illovich at 2:01 PM on August 8, 2006

"I love huge manatee but I hate people."
-- Edna St. Vincent Mullet
posted by pracowity at 2:42 PM on August 8, 2006

We have something like those where I live. We call them "land sea cows."
posted by sonofsamiam at 2:47 PM on August 8, 2006

"The manatee has been spotted at 23rd Street near Chelsea Piers ... "

Aaah Chelsea, and excellent place to find a gay manatee
posted by Afroblanco at 2:57 PM on August 8, 2006

Manatees often congregate near power plants, which warm the waters. Some have become reliant on this source of unnatural heat and have ceased migrating to warmer waters. (from Wikipedia)

Lazy boys!
posted by darkripper at 3:09 PM on August 8, 2006

Has anyone gotten a picture of this Hudson manatee? The linked articles seem to have stock manatee photos, not this particular critter.
posted by alms at 3:27 PM on August 8, 2006

In related cute-aquatic-mammal news, escape-artist Jin ought to be out of quarantine soon. (Jin lam map)
posted by rob511 at 7:04 PM on August 8, 2006

Is it bad that I just got the title now, after looking at Metafilter a number of times today.

It was funny, in a "I want to hit you because of your horrible pun" kind of way.
posted by blahblahblah at 7:41 PM on August 8, 2006

I'm surprised the poor critter made it as far north as 125. Filthy friggin Hudson, this guy doesn't stand a chance. Although he did make it up the Jersey Shore...
posted by allkindsoftime at 4:30 AM on August 9, 2006