Graces under threat

This unfortunate animal was nicknamed Baby-SISTER - under the name of the place where he was found. And there was more dead than alive. What happened?
Morning of February 13, 2008. On the eve of the Florida cold. In the north-western coast of the state, customary sun-drenched, the water temperature dropped below 20 degrees. The sharp fall of temperature causes manatees that sort of fear: they seek to flee.
Obviously baby-SISTER could not remain in the cold too. She floated - most likely with his mother - up Christel River. The river length of about 11 kilometers originates from several warm springs in northwest Florida - there and rushed the young animal.
But on the way Baby-SISTER faced with a motorboat. Propeller cut the thick skin of the animal and pierced the body up to the vertebrae. It was around 10.30 am when a man floating in a canoe, noticed in the water a dark trail of blood.
Gentle gigants - so called these animals. American manatees live in the coasts of Florida and in almost all the rivers of the peninsula. But to see them in the wild can rarely, and still did not really make out: gray hairy muzzle must show the water surface for a few seconds. You can also hear their hoarse breath. It 's all.