This manatee was cruising along the beach in St Petersburg, Florida. It went through and past a lot of people but only a few saw it. For such a large animal, manatees can be very sneaky. It's a regular occurrence that a manatee will come up to someone in the water and brush up against them or even push their hairy snoots against you to check you out. And since many of these people have never heard of or seen a manatee, they regularly scare or startle the heck out of people. The guy in this video probably would have jumped out of his shorts if this manatee had bumped him or if he just turned around and saw it.
Without polarized glasses it can often be almost impossible to see below the surface of the water, it doesn't make any difference if the water is clear.
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