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Helping the Manatee

5% of the wholesale gross sale of each bottle is donated to Save The Manatee® Club

The information below has been kindly excerpted from SMC's website to further aid in educating the public. We urge you to visit the official Save The Manatee Club's website and learn more about these wonderful creatures.

West Indian manatees are large, gray aquatic mammals with bodies that taper to a flat, paddle-shaped tail. The average adult manatee is about 10 feet long and weighs between 800 and 1,200 pounds.

Manatees can be found in shallow, slow-moving rivers, estuaries, saltwater bays, canals, and coastal areas - particularly where seagrass beds or freshwater vegetation flourish. Manatees are a migratory species. Within the United States, they are concentrated in Florida in the winter. In summer months, they can be found as far west as Texas and as far north as Massachusetts, but summer sightings in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina are more common.

Manatees are gentle and slow-moving animals. Most of their time is spent eating, resting, and traveling. Manatees are completely herbivorous. Because they are mammals, they must surface to breathe air.

Difficult Times for the Manatee

West Indian manatees have no natural enemies, and it is believed they can live 60 years or more. As with all wild animal populations, a certain percentage of manatee mortality is attributed to natural causes of death such as cold stress, gastrointestinal disease, pneumonia, and other diseases. A high number of additional fatalities are from human-related causes. Most human-related manatee fatalities occur from collisions with watercraft. Other causes of human-related manatee mortality include being crushed and/or drowned in canal locks and flood control structures; ingestion of fish hooks, litter, and monofilament line; and entanglement in crab trap lines. Ultimately, loss of habitat is the most serious threat facing the approximately 3,800 manatees in the United States today.

About Save The Manatee Club:

Save the Manatee Club's mission is to protect endangered manatees and their aquatic habitat for future generations. To achieve this mission, they work to: increase public awareness and education; sponsor manatee research, rescue, rehabilitation, and release efforts; and advocate for strong protection measures, such as boat speed zones and sanctuaries. SMC also supports research and conservation efforts for other Sirenian species around the world.

We at Geronimo Waters, Inc., honor their commitment to the Manatee, and are proud to be able to help them with our "Forever Manatee" pure spring water.