More than 55 tons of lettuce have been fed to starving Florida manatees as part of an experimental program to help the slow-moving marine mammals since their natural food is being destroyed by water pollution, wildlife officials said Wednesday.
About 55 tons of lettuce have been given to manatees in an attempt to get them through a winter in which their natural sources of food had declined sharply because of water pollution.
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