Slip Updates

Latest News:

For the most recent Slip updates, visit the Manatee Rehabilitation Partnership website.

Where is Slip?  See map below.

7/14/10-7/27/10: Slip was observed on Thursday, 7/15/10, in southeast Lake Dexter with three other animals.  The group socialized, milled, and fed for 20 minutes.  On Tuesday, 7/20/10, he was again seen in the southeast corner of Lake Dexter with five other animals.  They milled to the north shore of the lake and then the western end, cavorting for brief periods and socializing.

6/30/10-7/13/10: Slip was observed on Saturday, 7/10/10, in Stagger Mud Lake west of Lake Dexter.  He was with two other animals, milling and socializing, and could have been feeding for 15 minutes on submerged vegetation but could not confirm.

6/19/10-6/29/10: Slip was observed in Stagger Mud Lake on Monday, 6/21/10, with one other animal, bottom-resting and then milling.

6/10/10 – 6/18/10: Slip traveled along the northern edge of Lake Dexter this week to Tick Island Creek before returning to Stagger Mud Lake.

6/02/10 – 6/09/10: Slip was observed about a quarter mile east of Lake Dexter in Tick Island Creek on Tuesday, 6/01/10.  He was by himself and alternately milling and traveling east down the creek toward Lake Woodruff. 

5/25/10 – 6/01/10: Since last week Slip has returned north to Stagger Mud Lake near Lake Dexter and has spent most of this week there.

Cincinnati Zoo's Manatee Returned to the Wild

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s 1,400 pound Florida manatee, Slip, was released into the clear, warm waters of Blue Spring State Park in Florida, Monday, February 15. 

Slip called the Cincinnati Zoo home from August 2005 to October 2009, before he was moved to Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo. After four months of pre-release conditioning and evaluation, he returned to the wild with over 140 other manatees lingering in the Florida waters.

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