A necropsy of Hugh the manatee at a Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium in Sarasota, Florida, revealed that the marine mammal died from a ruptured colon caused by “mating behavior” with his brother, Buffett.
The necropsy published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture this week revealed that the smaller but older 38-year-old Hugh suffered a 14.5-centimeter rip in his colon.
The brother manatees engaged in this behavior in bursts interspersed with resting over the course of the day. Following one final encounter at 5:15 p.m., after which the larger Buffett swam away, Hugh was found unresponsive at the bottom of the pool.The pair, who were born at the Miami Seaquarium in the 1980s, had lived at the Mote Marine facility since 1996.
April 29 was, according to staff, the first time the two had exhibited mating behaviors, which had precedent in other manatee specimens that had been observed elsewhere. The statement also contended that neither manatee exhibited signs of distress, such as listing or active avoidance of the other, that would have necessitated intervention by handlers. Separation, Mote Marine claimed, had previously caused anxiety in the animals.
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