Manatee On The Loose!

Ilya may or may not look like this

Earlier this week NYMag reported on Ilya the manatee, "who traveled to Cape Cod this summer via New York Harbor," and ended up in New Jersey this past Friday. Ilya hasn't been spotted since, with the Marine Mammal Stranding Center unable to track her down. Today someone reported they saw the manatee off the coast of Bayonne, but the MMSC says the report came in 8 hours after the spotting, and Ilya is still nowhere to be found.

If they find the "sea cow," they will put him "in a heated saltwater tank where he  can  recover for a few days while the agency arranges his transport down to  Florida, either by truck or Coast Guard plane." They say they're running out of time, so stay on alert Manatee lovers! Wonder if Ilya is related to the same Manatee spotted in the Hudson River a few years ago.

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[1] | gimme

brooke hundley the tubby temptress is that you?

Reply | October 22, 2009 4:55 PM

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[2] | jibbly

Too bad Conan probably won't have "horny manatee" back on his show.

Reply | October 22, 2009 5:12 PM

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[3] | ckl

is flying lost manatees home really the best use of money?

Reply | October 22, 2009 5:22 PM

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[4] | ckl

Pick a dream, maybe lying in moonbeams
Find abandoned rockets buried in space dust
Sub-lunar sea
Space manatee
Singing to us

Reply | October 22, 2009 5:22 PM

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[5] | Aveais Essex

http://www.thepeoplescube.com/red/richedit/upload/2k4a7a43d7f8.jpg

Reply | October 22, 2009 5:27 PM

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[6] | NannyState

Looks like Chris Christie's been skinny dipping again...

Reply | October 22, 2009 8:09 PM

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[7] | mordicai

This sort of stuff always seems so magical to me. Whales in the river, manatees in the harbor...I'm a sucker for it!

Reply | October 23, 2009 7:58 AM

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[8] | militza

I love manatees! they're gentle giants.

Reply | October 23, 2009 10:25 AM

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