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Article: Manatee up a creek in Jersey is airlifted south for winter.(Front)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- October 30, 2009
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By Tamara Lushand Wayne Parry
The Associated Press
MIAMI
In a journey familiar to retirees but not sea mammals, Ilya the wayward manatee flew south for the winter Thursday after being rescued from a chilly New Jersey creek.
Now he's lounging in a balmy 81-degree pool with a view of the Miami skyline, all the lettuce he can eat, and even some female companionship.
Ilya was flown south aboard a Coast Guard C-130 cargo plane after being rescued Monday from a small waterway between northern New Jersey and Staten Island, N.Y.
He was huddling near an outfall pipe at a refinery to stay warm. The water temperature was 53 ...