About Biore

Gender: Male
Current Tag Id: 177775

Biore was rescued for cold stress in Ft. Myers, Lee County, Florida on March 28, 2019. He was 197 centimeters long and weighed 370 pounds at the time of his rescue. Biore was transported to Sea World of Florida for care. He was released on January 23, 2020, at FPL discharge canal at Manatee Park in Lee County. He was 228 centimeters in length and weighed 620 pounds. He will be monitored by Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute.

  1. 02/11/2020 12:15 PM

    • Biore was traveling in Pine Island Sound. A boat moving at high speed went past and he ducked into a break in the mangroves. He milled in the mangroves with another manatee for a while before bottom resting in between to small mangrove keys. When he came out of the mangroves, he started feeding and continued for the rest of the observation.

  2. 02/09/2020 04:30 PM

    • High winds and choppy conditions made it difficult to get close to Biore in San Carlos Bay. It was observed however that he was feeding on seagrass. 

  3. 02/04/2020 09:45 AM

    • Biore was resting in a small river off the Caloosahatchee with many other manatees. Biore started traveling further into the river, stopping at a bend where many other manatees were milling and socializing. He interacted with a few of them and some started cavorting. He moved away from that activity and began to rest for the remainder of the observation.

  4. 02/01/2020 03:30 PM

    • Biore was resting in a small river off the Caloosahatchee. Another manatee tried to interact with him causing him to move closer to the mangroves. After he rested a while he began traveling out to the river.

  5. 01/30/2020 06:00 PM

    • Biore was milling around in a marina in the Orange River. There were several manatees in the area, several of which approached him. He seemed to stay close by yet did not interact. There were several cavorting manatees in the same harbor.

  6. 01/28/2020 10:00 AM

    • Biore was resting in a canal off the Caloosahatchee River. He started milling briefly than moved out of the canal and started traveling across the river. He intersected a few manatees heading inland and he started following them. He was moving very quickly like a manatee on a mission.

  7. 01/23/2020 11:30 AM

    • Slate was with several other manatees in a small spring in Kings Bay. There was lots of activity as the all interacted with each other sometimes to the point of cavorting. Occasionally Slate would move off like he was going to rest then a new manatee would move in and the activities began again.

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