The U.S. Postal Service unveiled a new manatee-themed postage stamp to raise awareness about the need to protect the beloved marine mammal from environmental threats.
The U.S. Postal Service unveiled a manatee-themed postage stamp to raise awareness about the need to protect the beloved marine mammal.
will sell the 'Save Manatees' stamp in post offices across the country beginning March 27, which is national Manatee Appreciation Day, the agency announced last week. The stamp depicts an underwater West Indian manatee, the breed that lives in Florida's inland waterways.
wrote on its website. 'Human vigilance is crucial for the protection of the threatened West Indian manatee—both to minimize motorboat strikes and to maintain the aquatic plants on which it feeds.' FIVE ORPHANED MANATEES RETURN TO FLORIDA WATERS AFTER YEARS OF REHABILITATION Manatee populations have rebounded from their lowest point in the 1970s when only several hundred of the animals remained.
. 'In recent years, this loss of manatees’ primary food resources has led to starvation. Collisions with fast-moving watercraft can also prove fatal; almost all grown manatees bear scars from boat propellers.' This is the first time since 1996 the mammal will be featured on a stamp.
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