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====Starvation==== In 2021 a massive die-off of [[seagrass]] along the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coast of [[Florida]] left manatees without enough food to eat. As a result of this [[ecological disaster]] Florida's manatees began dying at an alarming rate, largely from [[starvation]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Manatees are starving in Florida. Wildlife agencies are scrambling to save them |date=2 Dec 2021 |accessdate=24 Feb 2022 |author=Greg Allen |website=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/12/02/1060439776/manatees-starving-seagrass-dying-florida |archive-date=24 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224130511/https://www.npr.org/2021/12/02/1060439776/manatees-starving-seagrass-dying-florida |url-status=live }}</ref> In early 2022 the [[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]] began a feeding program to address the situation by distributing 3,000 pounds (1,361 kg) of [[lettuce]] per day to save the malnourished animals.<ref>{{cite web |title=Florida wildlife officials are distributing 3,000 pounds of lettuce a day to save starving manatees |date=17 Feb 2022 |author=Amanda Jackson |website=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/16/us/florida-starving-manatee-feeding-program-trnd-scn/?hpt=ob_blogfooterold |access-date=24 February 2022 |archive-date=24 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224183926/https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/16/us/florida-starving-manatee-feeding-program-trnd-scn/?hpt=ob_blogfooterold |url-status=live }}</ref>
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