Georgie, Rita’s daughter, at Cherokee, Abaco These two ladies have a very interesting story which can be followed on our website: Rita was last seen at the AUTEC base in Andros two weeks ago and Georgie was last seen in Casaurina in July 2015. RITA was first sighted 2009 in Spanish Wells, Eleuthera and was actually pregnant! She gave birth to GEORGIE on June 25th, 2010. Since Gina’s arrival, more manatees have been sighted in The Bahamas as persons and organisations became more aware. Her eldest calf was lost to a motor craft strike. RANDY (~7 years old), her son, is currently in Hope Town, Abaco and her daughter JJ (~3.5 years old) was last seen in February, 2015 in Great Harbour Cay, the Berry Islands. Gina is currently in Spanish Wells with her youngest calf of ~ 2 months. Since then, she has made The Bahamas her home and has had four calves. GINA was first sighted in The Bahamas in 1998 at the AUTEC base in Andros. Since the 90’s manatees have been sighted much more frequently. “The first official documentation of a manatee sighting in The Bahamas was in 1904. Note the distinctive notch in his paddle that confirms his ID She has included their current whereabouts as at September 2015. So check for individual posts for up-to-date news of significance, and I’ll try to remember to put the links here.įelice Leanne Knowles of Bahamas Manatee Club HERE has written a great round-up of the Bahamas manatee history for International Manatee Day. Social media usage has massively increased in the time I have run this blog, from minimal to a daily storm in its different forms.
This is not least because in less than 10 years, the manatees of the Bahamas have stopped being novelties and strange rare creatures and become familiar friends, at least on a local basis. I no longer log each and every sighting or item of news. I have written about the manatees from time to time – you can find the posts by simply entering the word ‘manatee’ in the search space near the top of the right-hand sidebar. Everywhere they are found, these gentle creatures bring delight and interest. New manatees have been sighted and recorded. In the last couple of years, there’s been regular manatee activity in the Bahamas waters, mainly around Abaco and northern Eleuthera.
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