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SwimShady, Alby & Manhattan: The Cincinnati Zoo Adopts 3 Orphaned Manatees
Updated: 3:06 p.m. EDT March 24, 2021
The Cincinnati Zoo has adopted three orphaned manatees. They will be rehabilitated at the zoo and then returned to their home waters in Florida. SwimShady, Alby, Manhattan call the Cincinnati Zoo their home now. The trio are part of the US Fish & Wildlife Service’s Manatee Rescue & Rehabilitation Partnership, which arrives in Cincinnati Wednesday morning. “We started renovating our manatee facility after our last two residents, Pippen and Truffleshuffle, returned to Florida in September 2020 and the construction plan was strengthened so that we can provide a home for these three orphans. We were originally supposed to get two animals. The third animal was added due to the significant influx of rescued manatees at SeaWorld Orlando, ”said Winton Ray, curator of the Cincinnati Zoo. “We look forward to helping these teens grow and eventually return to their homes.” Two of the manatees already had names, Alby and Manhattan, and the MRP gave the Cincinnati Zoo an opportunity to name the third. The Manatee team got creative and decided on “SwimShady”, a piece named after the rapper’s song / nickname “SlimShady”. A gar called “Snoop Logg” is also based in Manatee Springs. Alby (male): Rescued as an orphan from the Halifax River in Volusia County, Florida on August 27, 2019. At the time of his rescue, he weighed 51 pounds. Alby weighed 215 pounds on October 27th. Manhattan (male): Rescued from St. Augustine Beach, St. Johns County, Florida as an orphan on October 28, 2019. At the time of his rescue, he weighed 62 pounds. Manhattan weighed 227 pounds on October 5. SwimShady (male): Rescued from Brevard County’s Berkley Canal as an orphan on December 19. At the time of his rescue, he weighed 198 pounds. Eighteen manatees rehabilitated at the Cincinnati Zoo have returned to Florida waters. Most recently, Truffleshuffle shuffled near Apollo Beach in the Tampa Bay area.
CINCINNATI –
The Cincinnati Zoo has adopted three orphaned manatees. They will be rehabilitated at the zoo and then returned to their home waters in Florida.
SwimShady, Alby, Manhattan call the Cincinnati Zoo their home now.
The trio are part of the US Fish & Wildlife Service’s Manatee Rescue & Rehabilitation Partnership, which arrives in Cincinnati Wednesday morning.
“We started renovating our manatee factory after our last two residents, Pippen and Truffleshuffle, returned to Florida in September 2020 and tightened the blueprint so that we could provide a home for these three orphans. We were originally supposed to get two animals. The third animal was added due to the significant influx of rescued manatees at SeaWorld Orlando, ”said Winton Ray, curator of the Cincinnati Zoo. “We look forward to helping these youngsters grow and eventually return to their homes.”
Two of the manatees already had names, Alby and Manhattan, and the MRP gave the Cincinnati Zoo a chance to name the third. The Manatee team got creative and decided on “SwimShady”, a piece named after the rapper’s song / nickname “SlimShady”. A gar called “Snoop Logg” is also based in Manatee Springs.
- Alby (male): Rescued as an orphan from the Halifax River in Volusia County, Florida on August 27, 2019. At the time of his rescue, he weighed 51 pounds. Alby weighed 215 pounds on October 27th.
- Manhattan (male): Rescued from St. Augustine Beach, St. Johns County, Florida as an orphan on October 28, 2019. At the time of his rescue, he weighed 62 pounds. Manhattan weighed 227 pounds on October 5.
- SwimShady (male): Rescued from Brevard County’s Berkley Canal as an orphan on December 19. At the time of his rescue, he weighed 198 pounds.
Eighteen manatees rehabilitated at the Cincinnati Zoo have returned to Florida’s waters. Most recently, Truffleshuffle shuffled near Apollo Beach in the Tampa Bay area.
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