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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Fischer

Why herds of manatees are huddling in water near America's power plants

Manatees gather near the near the warm-water outflows of a power plant in Riviera Beach, Florida - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Manatees have been seen huddling in warm water near power plants in Florida amid a polar vortex that has pounded much of the US with ice and snow.

The winter blast has dealt a glancing blow to Florida, dropping coastal temperatures and causing the Sunshine State's manatee population, still recovering from a mass starvation event several years ago, to seek warmer waters.

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