What the hell is a manatee?
07-01-2004, 07:55 PM
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Re: What the hell is a manatee?
They are not native to this area. There are more now than their ever were, yet they are endangered.They travel through the deeper areas near the bottom, yet we have shallow areas that are idle only and deeper channels that we can cruise in.
The FWC refused to put out signs in the river hear for the holiday weekend so the envirofreaks were passing out signs to hold up to the boaters. I planned to hold up my sign in return until the county caved in to the wackos and decided to foot the bill for the signs.
I'm curious to see who is out there to enforce it as the FWC said it was unenforcable.
The FWC refused to put out signs in the river hear for the holiday weekend so the envirofreaks were passing out signs to hold up to the boaters. I planned to hold up my sign in return until the county caved in to the wackos and decided to foot the bill for the signs.
I'm curious to see who is out there to enforce it as the FWC said it was unenforcable.
07-01-2004, 08:14 PM
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Re: What the hell is a manatee?
Originally Posted by tomtbone1993
very nice, I can't wait to show some chick my big manatee boxers!!!!
07-01-2004, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by 27Fountain
Manatee 
They are on the pages of PowerBoat Mag,
Wasabe, while I respect your opinion, I wonder if you would feel the same way if they closed down most of the water areas around the OC to powerboats because of manatees invading where you live???
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They are on the pages of PowerBoat Mag, Wasabe, while I respect your opinion, I wonder if you would feel the same way if they closed down most of the water areas around the OC to powerboats because of manatees invading where you live???
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07-01-2004, 10:22 PM
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Re: What the hell is a manatee?
Originally Posted by Hydrocruiser
http://www.americanscientist.org/art.../Gerstein.html
The problem to boaters is that manatees are attracted to the sounds of props and engine noises generated by boats. They swim toward your props almost instinctively. So laws to forces boaters to idle down coastline channels attracts these things in greater numbers. Why don't people get bent out of shape if a car hits a deer or runs over a possum? These things aren't meant to be in US waters anyways. Get some fishing boats to capture them and haul them back to the equator regions.
The problem to boaters is that manatees are attracted to the sounds of props and engine noises generated by boats. They swim toward your props almost instinctively. So laws to forces boaters to idle down coastline channels attracts these things in greater numbers. Why don't people get bent out of shape if a car hits a deer or runs over a possum? These things aren't meant to be in US waters anyways. Get some fishing boats to capture them and haul them back to the equator regions.
07-02-2004, 03:16 AM
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Re: What the hell is a manatee?
Originally Posted by Hydrocruiser
http://www.americanscientist.org/art.../Gerstein.html
The problem to boaters is that manatees are attracted to the sounds of props and engine noises generated by boats. They swim toward your props almost instinctively. So laws to forces boaters to idle down coastline channels attracts these things in greater numbers. Why don't people get bent out of shape if a car hits a deer or runs over a possum? These things aren't meant to be in US waters anyways. Get some fishing boats to capture them and haul them back to the equator regions.
The problem to boaters is that manatees are attracted to the sounds of props and engine noises generated by boats. They swim toward your props almost instinctively. So laws to forces boaters to idle down coastline channels attracts these things in greater numbers. Why don't people get bent out of shape if a car hits a deer or runs over a possum? These things aren't meant to be in US waters anyways. Get some fishing boats to capture them and haul them back to the equator regions.
Interesting point! they have whistles for deer, why don't they design something to stear away the manatees
07-02-2004, 05:22 AM
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Re: What the hell is a manatee?
There already is something....and every power boat has one......the sound of a high speed prop.
Scientists claim the manatees can't hear, or ignor, the sound of a slow turning prop. But the high frequency sound of a prop turning fast scares them away.
Scientists claim the manatees can't hear, or ignor, the sound of a slow turning prop. But the high frequency sound of a prop turning fast scares them away.
07-02-2004, 06:20 AM
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Re: What the hell is a manatee?
Originally Posted by Wasabe
If a day of boating was canceled because of it well that's just tough luck unfortunately.
What you do not seem to grasp hear is that you will sell your boat and do a lot of house chores as they do not put these manatee zones up one day and take them away the next. They are there all the time, and they make no sence at all. You mentioned the Circle of life. Well maybe Gods master plan what that these things be gone a LONG time ago. Now us screwing with them to keep them around is going to kill off a lot of other things.
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07-02-2004, 09:15 AM
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Re: What the hell is a manatee?
Originally Posted by Hydrocruiser
http://www.americanscientist.org/art.../Gerstein.html
The problem to boaters is that manatees are attracted to the sounds of props and engine noises generated by boats. They swim toward your props almost instinctively. So laws to forces boaters to idle down coastline channels attracts these things in greater numbers. Why don't people get bent out of shape if a car hits a deer or runs over a possum? These things aren't meant to be in US waters anyways. Get some fishing boats to capture them and haul them back to the equator regions.
The problem to boaters is that manatees are attracted to the sounds of props and engine noises generated by boats. They swim toward your props almost instinctively. So laws to forces boaters to idle down coastline channels attracts these things in greater numbers. Why don't people get bent out of shape if a car hits a deer or runs over a possum? These things aren't meant to be in US waters anyways. Get some fishing boats to capture them and haul them back to the equator regions.
07-02-2004, 09:24 AM
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Re: What the hell is a manatee?
Originally Posted by Wasabe
We humans are pieces of crap for polluting the earth.
We humans are pieces of crap for creating litter that will kill them.
Animal minds do not develope like humans. That doesn't make them dumb. They lack the capacity in which God gave them. They were around long before Humans.
It saddens me to hear people say such things. I'm not self righteous. It sucks when people can be so careless and thoughtless. They can't help it. Us the pieces of crap can because we have the capacity.
We humans are pieces of crap for creating litter that will kill them.
Animal minds do not develope like humans. That doesn't make them dumb. They lack the capacity in which God gave them. They were around long before Humans.
It saddens me to hear people say such things. I'm not self righteous. It sucks when people can be so careless and thoughtless. They can't help it. Us the pieces of crap can because we have the capacity.
07-02-2004, 09:43 AM
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That's a very good article and it says what we've been trying to say all along.
Fast boats are not the problem!
I've been told that by the FWC that most deaths are related to trauma from a blunt impact strike.
If they can't hear a slow boat approach imagine how lethal the keel of sail boat would be at 10 mph!
I think the answer is not maximum speed enforcement but minimum speeds.
Who's with me??
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Fast boats are not the problem!
I've been told that by the FWC that most deaths are related to trauma from a blunt impact strike.
If they can't hear a slow boat approach imagine how lethal the keel of sail boat would be at 10 mph!
I think the answer is not maximum speed enforcement but minimum speeds.
Who's with me??
TS
TS
