r/morbidlybeautiful • u/BuddyOk1628 • 24d ago

Dead Animal Florida Manatee carcass, likely died of starvation, a problem since 2020. No signs of propeller wounds.

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u/Ok_Yogurtcloset_5858 23d ago

This is horrible.. just wondering f the body is mostly decayed how are we sure that there’s no sign of propeller wounds?

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u/Hepm3 23d ago

My question as well

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u/pogoscrawlspace 22d ago

There would be injuries/damage to the spine and ribs.

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u/Rich-Equivalent-1875 21d ago

Is the manatee going to be OK? Can we start a go fund me page to help it?

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u/presvi 22d ago

I think the OP was joking because the cadaver is just "skin and bones", so starved to death?

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u/ReaperOne 22d ago

“No sign of propeller wounds” cause it’s fucking decomposed

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u/AugustusHarper 21d ago

bones would have marks

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u/anasalmon 23d ago

That is so fucking tragic 😥

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u/Cocrawfo 22d ago

people have to remember that animals do pass away it’s not always at the hands of a human or the result of human actions

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u/coco_xcx 22d ago

well..in the case of manatees humans do have a hand in that. there’s areas all along the florida coast that used to be covered in seagrass (which they eat) & humans have ruined them over time by boating in those areas + pollution has ruined their sources of food as well.

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u/Foreign_Walrus2885 22d ago edited 21d ago

Though if it was starvation, people might have had something to do with it. Like boats and people swimming driving them from feeding spaces, or chemical runoff or water temperatures rising from global warming.

Edit: I do agree many animals we find have died naturally. (Ie. Illness, starvation, injury, old age, ect.) But many more are because of human interference. Manatee starvation deaths are studied and linked to encroaching human activity in their environment.

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u/graboid666 22d ago

Who is forgetting this?

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u/Cocrawfo 22d ago

try reading the replies

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u/graboid666 22d ago

A few people saying there's no proof of propeller wounds because of decomposition? That's logic, not denial that animals can die of natural causes.

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u/SummerPeachJuice 22d ago

This really seems to fit the subreddit, it's morbid but something about the way it rests upon the bank like it just fell asleep really is tragically beautiful :(

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u/Dashcamkitty 22d ago

That's so sad. They seem such gentle animals.

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u/All-Sorts 22d ago

No signs of propeller wounds

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u/VioletLeagueDapper 21d ago

Right did he go over and flip the decaying carcass to look?

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u/shoyker 21d ago

Why are they starving?

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u/Diessel_S 22d ago

Anyone else thought that's a hippo before reading the title?