It's not so thrilling when they come across the emaciated carcass of a manatee that starved to death. (AP) - Florida fishing guide and environmental activist Paul Fafeita says a highlight for his charter customers is spotting the manatees that forage for seagrass in shallow waters. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File) (Lynne Sladky) Octoat 9:56 am PDT By CURT ANDERSON
Manatees are starving to death by the hundreds along Florida's east coast because algae blooms and contaminants are killing the sea grass the beloved sea mammals eat, a wildlife official told a Florida House committee on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2010, file photo, a group of manatees are in a canal where discharge from a nearby Florida Power & Light plant warms the water in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.