A pilot study of the extralimital West Indian Manatee population in Mobile Bay, AL

Mobile Bay Delta  
  • August

         Photo credit: Craig Smith 

 

A manatee's back breaking the water's surface as it dives.

    

Green algae often grows on the backs of these gentle, slow moving mammals.

  

 
 

A close encounter with a curious manatee on 8/17/2007.

    

Calm, quiet, shallow water with a lot of aquatic vegetation provides an ideal habitat for manatees.

  

         Photo Credit: Billy Pope, AL Department of Conservation & Natural Resources

 
 

A manatee in a spotlight at night on 8/17/2007.

    

 

  

 
 

For questions or comments about this page, please contact the webmaster
Last Date Updated: 10/30/07