CRYSTAL RIVER, FLORIDA: A female visitor observes a manatee up close. WILD half-ton manatees are so in love with their human pals that they cannot resist touching, kissing and posing for selfies with them. A particular “manatee magnet” is Theo Grant who attracts the curious marine mammals – nicknamed sea cows – by pretending to be manatees. This means floating in the water and moving slowly just like one of the gentle giants. Theo is so successful at this that several of the lady manatees are in love with him, according to his wife, US photographer Carol Grant (57), who took the pictures of th
CRYSTAL RIVER, FLORIDA: A female visitor observes a manatee up close. WILD half-ton manatees are so in love with their human pals that they cannot resist touching, kissing and posing for selfies with them. A particular “manatee magnet” is Theo Grant who attracts the curious marine mammals – nicknamed sea cows – by pretending to be manatees. This means floating in the water and moving slowly just like one of the gentle giants. Theo is so successful at this that several of the lady manatees are in love with him, according to his wife, US photographer Carol Grant (57), who took the pictures of the quirky friendship at Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge, Florida.
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