The Coast Guard released this photo of Ilya's big adventure on a plane that took her from Atlantic City to Florida yesterday.
(Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lindberg via Ap)
Wayward manatee safely back in Fla.
The Coast Guard released this photo of Ilya's big adventure on a plane that took her from Atlantic City to Florida yesterday.
(Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lindberg via Ap)
For one Florida manatee, there’s no place like home. Ilya, an infamous 1,100-pound sea cow, got a lift home in a US Coast Guard cargo plane yesterday after a three-month vacation north, including a late-summer stay off Cape Cod. Rescuers stepped in after the young manatee got lost in a dangerously cold New Jersey river. (Full article: 492 words)
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