{"id":2116,"date":"2017-05-15T12:10:17","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T16:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ninecrows.com\/blog\/?p=2116"},"modified":"2017-05-30T14:21:47","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T18:21:47","slug":"morning-excitement-at-cocoa-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ninecrows.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/15\/morning-excitement-at-cocoa-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Excitement at Cocoa Beach…"},"content":{"rendered":"

We went swimming and as we were heading in to the shore the pair of pelicans that had landed thirty feet further out from us took off into the air. A short bit after that something rather large went past us. It looked dark brown with lighter brown spots and rather large (though surprise can magnify things). I only saw it for a moment looking like a curved edge like a manatee’s tail (but clearly not as they don’t move that fast. No idea what it really was…I expect it was looking for a pelican snack and after missing them it cruised past us and decided we didn’t look interesting…<\/p>\n

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Floatin’…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pelicans inbound<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Later in the day Lorna heard that there had been manatees seen around the pier down the beach. Scary when it happened, but it now looks like we had a close encounter with a manatee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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