To Mom this one's for you R S T For my friend Kirsti who loves all the sea creatures L
I'm Kobee Manatee I swam from Florida to Cape Cod Massachusetts Manatees rarely travel this far but I love adventures It's chilly in Cape Cod Bay this September day So I'm heading home to Blue Spring State Park in Florida before winter or I'll die from the cold Kobee's Fun Facts Hi I'm Kobee I'm a West Indian manatee also called a Florida manatee You'll find me in Florida's waters during winter I'm warm blooded and need water temperatures around seventy degrees Fahrenheit During summer I'll travel the Gulf of Mexico or the southeast coast of the United
I rolled upside down for good luck then swam out to the Atlantic Ocean for my twelve hundred mile journey south Kobee's Fun Facts Most manatees stay in Florida all year Only a small percentage less than 10 leave Florida in the warm months Manatees like traveling at three to five miles per hour On an adventure they can travel at speeds up to twenty miles per hour on short
Soon I met a seahorse named Tess She was lost and wanted warmer water I'm going to Florida where there's lots of warm water hop on I said What's your name she asked Kobee I
