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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 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 83 points 1 month ago (4 children)
[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago

Is she single? Asking for a friend.

[–] the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Her name is Barbara.

[–] OddMinus1@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

sigh ...would.

[–] mech@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

I swear to god if this is AI...

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 6 points 1 month ago

Because people like her keep wrestling them off.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

mermaids and their songs are confusing

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[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 66 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] itkovian@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month 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 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 44 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] homes@piefed.world 36 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 1 month ago

Destroy their entire ecosystem is a ok though :(

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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 31 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The other perpetrator:

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

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

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

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

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

You've been at sea too long, sailor.

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[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

[–] Akagigahara@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You mean the Meth-Induced Abnormal Mannerism Investigators?

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month 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 1 month ago

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

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

Not with that attitude.

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

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

[–] Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago

LEAVE IT ALONE! FIGHT ME INSTEAD!

Goes prone

[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Well... Who won?

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 8 points 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago

choke me mommy

[–] redbrick@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Retail4068@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fighting an endangered animal? Swimming in probably boat lanes. 

Come on guys.

[–] Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

I see you know your judo well!

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month 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 1 month ago

Is this on pay per view?

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

I'm going to have to see the video

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