01/23/2026
Help me find “Sweetie” , the sweetest manatee I have ever seen and spent time with. She started all of my passion for manatees, and for photographing them to use for prints and merchandise. She followed me around for a few hours on 2 different weekends, rolling over and over and over, and throwing herself on the ground being super dramatic and waiting for me to take more pictures. Of course it was when I didn’t have a great camera, and was just having fun, I wasn’t thinking about the composition or water clarity yet. If you’ve seen her please POST your photos and Message me where. I would love to see her again and get some actual good photos of her. I first saw her in January 2020… this is how you identify her … she has a comma shaped white scar, a healed slit at the base of her tail and a few other scars on top of her back. I last saw her in 2024 at silver springs state park With a cute baby ❤️❤️❤️ PLEASE SHARE THIS post ! Especially to manatee pages