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Manatee poop closes Florida beach
By The Associated Press
October 09, 2009, 12:09PM
Officials in Vero Beach, Fla., say they had to shut down a popular park on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009, because of an abundance of manatee poop.VERO BEACH, Fla. -- A popular park along Vero Beach's coast has reopened after officials cleaned up a mile-long stretch of manatee poop.
Yes, manatee poop.
Humiston Park Beach was shut down Thursday when the excrement was discovered.
Indian River County officials say they did a "feel and smell test" to determine whether the waste was human.
State wildlife officials told them it was from manatees. The beach was littered with hundreds of piles of the stuff.
Lifeguards closed it while city workers buried the waste several feet into the sand.
Officials say it's rare for feces from manatees migrating along the coast to wash ashore, but recent high winds may have stirred it up from the ocean floor.
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T-wagon
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To paraphrase the announcer covering the Hindenburg landing at Lakehurst: "Oh, the poo manatee!" 
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Kingfshr
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Geeze must be alot of em !!!
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BigKenny
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B-a- lony,   Horse Snatch! 
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cotton
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| Quote: | To paraphrase the announcer covering the Hindenburg landing at Lakehurst: "Oh, the poo manatee!" .
that's some funny sh*t  |
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Pier#r
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| T-wagon wrote: | | To paraphrase the announcer covering the Hindenburg landing at Lakehurst: "Oh, the poo manatee!" |
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