Sunday, September 13, 2009

Wrestling a manatee: Seaworld experts help tag one in Mobile Bay - al.com

Wrestling a manatee: Seaworld experts help tag one in Mobile Bay - al.com: "Catching a big, slow-moving manatee with a giant net sounds like a piece of cake.

But in reality, it's a dangerous, high-stakes endeavor, akin to grabbing hold of a rodeo bull and trying to wrestle it to the ground.

So when the Dauphin Island Sea Lab's Ruth Carmichael wanted help getting a satellite tag on a Mobile Bay manatee, she called on some of the only folks in America who do it all the time: the Seaworld Animal Rescue team from the Orlando, Fla., theme park."