KEY LARGO, Fla. — Scientists at SeaWorld rehabilitate so many injured manatees, many from the Florida Keys, that they have trouble coming up with creative names for the aquatic mammals.
Last year, “we had a bread theme,” said Lorri Braso, a supervisory animal rescuer at the Orlando theme park and aquarium.
Introducing Garlic Knot, a 965-pound male manatee brought down from SeaWorld Wednesday by truck and released back into the wild in Key Largo by park scientists, biologists from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and staff and volunteers from the Keys’ Dolphin Research Center.
