Red tide kills record number of Florida manatees

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The Miami Herald-10 March 2013-Curtis Morgan

Manatees deaths

Toxic red tide has killed a record number of endangered manatees along the Southwest Florida coast.

With no sign of when the deadly algae bloom might abate, the preliminary death toll of 174 is likely to continue rising, state and federal wildlife managers said Monday. The number already has topped a previous red tide high of 151 in 1996.

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