{"id":5437,"date":"2018-03-06T06:50:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T14:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/?p=5437"},"modified":"2025-09-16T14:14:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T21:14:32","slug":"gps-tracking-monitor-manatees-adaptation-wild-rehabilitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/gps-tracking-monitor-manatees-adaptation-wild-rehabilitation\/","title":{"rendered":"GPS Tracking Being Used to Monitor Manatee\u2019s Adaptation to the Wild After Rehabilitation"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.mcclatchy-embed{position:relative;padding:40px 0 56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;max-width:100%}.mcclatchy-embed iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%}<\/style>\n<div class=\"mcclatchy-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.islandpacket.com\/news\/local\/news-columns-blogs\/untamed-lowcountry\/article194346144.html\/video-embed\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p class=\"normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">GPS tracking has been used to help answer a variety of questions over the years. From questions about your precise location to getting turn by turn directions to unfamiliar locations, and a variety of questions in between, it has been instrumental in helping man. Now, it is being used to help beasts. <\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">One case that is currently making headlines, involves a manatee \u2013 a female by the name of Carolina, who recently spent six weeks in the Jacksonville Zoo\u2019s critical care facility recovering from symptoms of \u201ccold stress.\u201d Now, she has been deemed healthy enough for release into the wild, but does so, equipped with a bright, shiny new piece of jewelry around her tail \u2013 a GPS tracker.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">The trackers were provided by the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/sea2shore.org\/sea-shore-alliance-responds-public-concern-regarding-manatee-tracking-equiptment\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; color: #0563c1;\">Sea to Shore Alliance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;\"> in hopes of monitoring the movements of these beautiful and surprisingly sociable beasts of the sea. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.islandpacket.com\/news\/local\/news-columns-blogs\/untamed-lowcountry\/article164754107.html\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; color: #0563c1;\">Manatees were once endangered species. Through significant conservation efforts, they have been updated to \u201cthreatened<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">Today, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources reports that there are approximately 6,000 of these creatures swimming around in U.S. waters. Despite the recent population \u201cboom\u201d among manatees, they are still quite vulnerable and this winter, with its colder than average temperatures and rare snow falls dipping far more southerly than usual, has placed more than a few manatees in distress, including one manatee that was recently found dead on a Hilton Head Island Beach. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.islandpacket.com\/news\/local\/news-columns-blogs\/untamed-lowcountry\/article194371399.html\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; color: #0563c1;\">Manatees need water to be at least 70 degrees to survive<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;\"> so these cooler temperatures are putting them at risk. The hope is that by tracking the movements of manatees and how well they adapt when returning to the wild after experiencing rehabilitation, like Carolina. Sea to Shore Alliance also seeks to study the foraging habitats of manatees, migration patterns, and behaviors and characteristics of these noble sea creatures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><a name=\"_gjdgxs\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/all+gps+tracking+products.html\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; color: #1155cc;\">GPS trackers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;\"> used to monitor these movements and behaviors poses no threat to the creatures themselves and are specifically designed to function naturally with the manatee. It includes three parts: a padded belt, a float, and a flexible tether. 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