Comments on: Touch a Manatee, Spend Six Months in Jail http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/02/touch-a-manatee-spend-six-months-in-jail/ Keeping You Current Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:42:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: kiley yohn http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/02/touch-a-manatee-spend-six-months-in-jail/comment-page-1/#comment-4886 kiley yohn Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:15:07 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=11605#comment-4886 I just moved to Florida. I would not have done such a thing because it would be cruel to take a baby from its mom. I don't think he would like a shark taking him for a ride and a tour of the ocean. But I do believe it needs to be advertised in a campaign to not feed or harass wild life in Florida. Visitors do not realize that there are dangerous and wild animals here that need their space. Just like Yellowstone National Park, its a dangerous place. I just moved to Florida. I would not have done such a thing because it would be cruel to take a baby from its mom. I don’t think he would like a shark taking him for a ride and a tour of the ocean. But I do believe it needs to be advertised in a campaign to not feed or harass wild life in Florida. Visitors do not realize that there are dangerous and wild animals here that need their space. Just like Yellowstone National Park, its a dangerous place.

]]> By: Jess http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/02/touch-a-manatee-spend-six-months-in-jail/comment-page-1/#comment-4879 Jess Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:06:22 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=11605#comment-4879 This guy has no excuse...he is a native Floridian and I am sure he DID know the laws. There are signs everywhere stating penalties and laws. Even transplants (such as myself) and foreigners are exposed to the signs whenever near any body of water where manatees reside. This guy has no excuse…he is a native Floridian and I am sure he DID know the laws. There are signs everywhere stating penalties and laws. Even transplants (such as myself) and foreigners are exposed to the signs whenever near any body of water where manatees reside.

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