Manatee and Gill Fish: Pic of the Day!

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  1. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    Gotta love this picture - a manatee enjoying its winter vacation in Crystal River getting groomed by blue gill fish. The manatee gets cleaned up and the blue gill fish get protection as the manatee do not have any natural predators. Everybody wins, including us, thanks to wildlife photographer Yusuke Okada for taking this great photograph.

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    Photo Credit: Yusuke Okada


    Source:
    Manatee gets 'haircut' from gill fish - Telegraph
     
    Matt Rogers, Mar 9, 2010
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  2. stepho

    stepho Panda Puffer

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    Cool picture.
     
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  3. DanKistner

    DanKistner Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Yeah I live in florida and seeing these docile creatures up close and personal is truly amazing (except for at the beach before you knew that Manatees migrated in saltwater and you fear the worst!!!) I thought I was shark bait!
     
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  4. kcbrad

    kcbrad Giant Squid

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    what a cute picture!! That just made my day!
     
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  5. irr0001

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    That might be the coolest picture ever
     
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  6. Newreef15

    Newreef15 Horrid Stonefish

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    I have been to crystal river amazing place
     
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  7. Newreef15

    Newreef15 Horrid Stonefish

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    lol same thing happened to me with a dolphin
     
    Newreef15, Mar 9, 2010
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  8. DanKistner

    DanKistner Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Especially by the nuke plant! watch out for the M-16's
     
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  9. seabass1

    seabass1 Montipora Digitata

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    Wow, FANTASTIC!! Maybe I'll start diving again.
     
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  10. MoJoe

    MoJoe Dragon Wrasse

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    really cool picture, love how nature protects it's own. BTW are Manatees reefsafe, hmmmm
     
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