Baby Manatee Pulled Into Power Plant Cooling Pipe
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TAMPA, Fla. — Lowry Park Zoo officials were nursing a baby manatee back to health Thursday after it was accidentally sucked into a seaside utility plant’s cooling water intake pipe. The six-foot, 291-pound manatee was treated for minor scrapes and bruises.
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