Manatees in North Carolina 



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Fig. 1. Locations for 68 manatee sightings in North Carolina during 

 the years 1919-1994. 



EARLY LITERATURE OBSERVATIONS 

 Fifteen live and three dead manatees were reported (16 sites) 

 from North Carolina between 1919 and 1976 by Brimley (1931, 1946), 

 Lee (1976), Rathbun et al. (1981), and Smith et al. (1960). The specimen 

 from Currituck Sound near Duck (Brimley 1946) was about 3 m long. 

 None was weighed, although a Wrightsville Sound specimen and 

 the Currituck specimens were estimated to weigh 450 kg (Brimley 

 1931, 1946). Clark (National Marine Fisheries Service, personal 

 communication) recorded a live manatee near Cape Lookout 25 June 

 1975. 



