Altered Oceans

Rick Loomis

Los Angeles Times

Bleeding from the nose is one of the indicators that a manatee has died from breathing or eating sea grass tainted with brevetoxin.The potent neurotoxin blooms off the West Coast of Florida. Manatees are classified as "threatened with extinction" under state law.

Rick Loomis, "Altered Oceans," in POYi Archive, Item #45169, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/45169 (accessed November 23, 2024).