In Manatees We Trust: what protecting wildlife teaches us about human civility
10 min readAug 18, 2020
The town of Crystal River, Florida sits at the mouth of its namesake ninety miles north of Tampa. The river empties into the Gulf of Mexico where its mouth widens into a brackish bay rimmed with marinas, waterside homes, and canals reaching back toward land. These channels have long attracted sea cows, these days known as manatees.