慢车道上的生活

为了纪念海牛意识月，我们和两只友好的“海牛”在佛罗里达州清澈的含水层泉水中游泳。一般来说，海牛是孤独的动物，它们也很好奇，会接近船只。这就是为什么佛罗里达州对船艇实行特殊速度区，特别是海牛正在前往较温暖的地区过冬。虽然海牛没有已知的天敌，但由于栖息地的丧失和与船只的碰撞，它们仍然是一个脆弱的物种。这两人已经抵达三姐妹泉，一个天然淡水泉系统在水晶河国家野生动物保护区西海岸的佛罗里达半岛。这个避难所保护着每年冬天迁徙到这里的数百头海牛的重要栖息地。
原文：
In observance of Manatee Awareness Month, we're swimming through clear, aquifer-fed spring waters in Florida with two friendly 'sea cows.' Generally solitary animals, manatees are also known to be curious and will approach boats. That's why Florida enforces special speed zones for watercraft, particularly as the manatees are on the move to warmer areas to spend the winter. While manatees have no known natural predators, they remain a vulnerable species due to loss of habitat and collisions with boats. These two have arrived in Three Sisters Springs, a natural freshwater spring system in the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge on the west coast of the Florida Peninsula. The refuge protects critical habitat for the hundreds of manatees that migrate here each winter.
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