Manatee Stuck In New Jersey
Image via Wikipedia
The Associated Press is reporting that a traveling manatee is stuck in a New Jersey tributary”
“The gentle sea cow has been known to marine scientists for 10 years as he made his way up and down the East Coast. He has recently been spotted in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Maryland.
But on Friday he was huddling near an outfall pipe at an oil refinery in Linden, the only place he could find warm water.”
Manatees are generally found in the warm waters off the coast of Florida.
Since it is currently snowing here in the mountains of Morris County, New Jersey, perhaps the manatee has come North to avoid all the Jerseyites who’ve, upon witnessing the season’s fist snowflake, jumped on the first Jet Blue to Boca Raton.
Or maybe, the manatee is in fact, a Jersey native, back to directly assess the gubernatorial candidacies of Democrat Jon Corzine, Republican Chris Christie, or Independent Chris Daggett.
Manatees are slow-moving, non-aggressive, and generally curious creatures. If that doesn’t accurately describe the average political instincts of many of my fellow Garden State residents, I don’t know what does.
Post Your Comment
You must be logged in to post a comment
T/S Members
Log in with your True/Slant account.
And in other manatee news, my mother, who lives on Sanibel Island, reported that a local beach was closed due to “manatee poop.” Have a great weekend.
And the Sanibel manatees are probably trying to figure out why humans would set up a recreation area in their bathroom.
In response to another comment. See in context »