Manatee rescue

Posted on September 30, 2016

If more proof was needed of the magnitude of storm surge Hurricane Hermine wrought on Taylor County, it arrived Monday when two manatees were found stranded in a small body of water one and a half miles inland from the shore at Hickory Mound.

The discovery set off a massive rescue effort which ended happily when the nine-foot long mother and her five-foot long calf were found to be healthy enough to be released back into the Gulf.

PHOTO: A manatee and her calf were found Monday stranded more than a mile inland.

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