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[–] mech@feddit.org 150 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I've never even seen a manatee in a bikini.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago

Glad I’m not the only one with that thought.

[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 83 points 2 months ago (4 children)
[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 34 points 2 months ago

Is she single? Asking for a friend.

[–] the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Her name is Barbara.

[–] OddMinus1@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

sigh ...would.

[–] mech@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago

I swear to god if this is AI...

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 6 points 2 months ago

Because people like her keep wrestling them off.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

mermaids and their songs are confusing

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[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 66 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] itkovian@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can't, but I totally would date her just to wrestle with her. As a bonus, I am as fat as a manatee.

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[–] socsa@piefed.social 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There is nothing to fix. But maybe she could fix me.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 44 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Manatees are struggling with climate change along the florida coast line where waters in the summer have been measured to up to 100 degree F in the ocean. It has devastated manatee floral diet. And they are dying off from it.

Do not torment the gentle wildlife that you are killing off.

[–] gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 41 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] homes@piefed.world 36 points 2 months ago (3 children)

In Florida, is an extremely serious crime to even touch a manatee.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I once saw a park ranger just screaming at a group of guys and threatening them with $5000 fines just for getting near one.

I told a friend of mine who surfs, and he didn't realize they were so protected. He said there's an old girl who comes to visit them when they surf, and she rolls over on her back so they can scritch her belly. I told him it was a $5000 fine, and he was bummed. He liked scritching his manatee friend.

[–] hanrahan@piefed.social 5 points 2 months ago

Destroy their entire ecosystem is a ok though :(

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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The other perpetrator:

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Listen, I get it, Manatees have no business wearing a bikini.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You take that back! Leave them damn sexy manatees alone.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You've been at sea too long, sailor.

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[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

In the criminal justice system, harassment of marine mammals is considered a Florida-tier offense. In Miami-Dade, the detectives who investigate these bizarre aquatic crimes are members of an elite squad known as the Meth-Adjacent Intervention Unit. These are their stories.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 15 points 2 months ago
[–] Akagigahara@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You mean the Meth-Induced Abnormal Mannerism Investigators?

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Smoke meth in the city where the heat is on
Fight manatees on the beach 'til the break of dawn
Welcome to Miami
Bienvenidos a Miami

[–] caboose2006@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why was the manatee in a park and why was it wearing a bikini. Lastly, was it a licensed wrestling match or unsanctioned?

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[–] Otakulad@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

She just wanted her bikini back after the manatee stole it.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Manatees can't wear bikinis, their nipples are in entirely the wrong place

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

Not with that attitude.

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[–] sundray@lemmus.org 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

One is left wandering what a manatee in a bikini was doing in a public park...

[–] Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago

LEAVE IT ALONE! FIGHT ME INSTEAD!

Goes prone

[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Well... Who won?

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Her hips don't lie! That's shakira! You guys arrested shakira while she was doing her wrestling routine!

You might have noticed she's not blonde.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Confirmed! You guys got shakira while she was having personal arguments with her favorite animal kingdom friend.

Just leave them alone. Its all about past manatee songs that never made it.

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[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

choke me mommy

[–] redbrick@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I feel there's more to this story we're missing here. ..but damn, I'd wrestle her any day...

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Retail4068@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fighting an endangered animal? Swimming in probably boat lanes. 

Come on guys.

[–] Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

I see you know your judo well!

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Oh no here comes the manatee from the top rope with a steel chair! Oof! As god as my witness she is broken on half!

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 4 points 2 months ago

Is this on pay per view?

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago

I'm going to have to see the video

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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