ClickOrlando.com – A manatee in the care of Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium died from an injury caused during a sexual encounter with his brother, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Hugh, a 38-year-old manatee who had been at Mote Marine in Sarasota since 1996, died in April. At the time, the lab said Hugh showed a change in his behavior and then became unresponsive.
However, the USDA recently published the necropsy findings in its report on the manatee’s death. That report found Hugh died from a 14.5-centimeter rip in his colon and other traumatic injuries,
caused by a sexual encounter with Hugh’s brother Buffett,
a larger manatee. The USDA inspection report found, “the facility failed to handle Hugh expeditiously and as carefully as possible to prevent trauma and physical harm, resulting in the death of the animal.”
On Tuesday, Mote Marine responded to the report publicly on Facebook. The lab said both Hugh and Buffett exhibited heightened mating behavior between the two manatees, which was a first for them. However, there were no obvious signs of discomfort or distress, according to Mote Marine.
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