As Hurricane Irma charged up Florida’s west coast Sunday afternoon, it sucked up water along the way, draining waterways and bays. We gave them as much water as we could, hoping the rain and storm surge [would] come soon enough to save them.”But it turns out the manatees didn’t need the storm surge after all. Between law enforcement officials and a group of citizens, the manatees – stranded, of course, in Manatee County – were rescued and carried back into deeper water, Fox 13 reported. Clavijo wrote on Facebook that he came across the sea cows after he was getting “stir crazy” from the storm. “We rolled them on the tarp and then dragged them a 100 [yards].”When helped back to deeper waters, both manatees “swam off,” Clavijo told Fox 13.

Source: Fox News September 11, 2017 00:11 UTC