# Manatee? Or, MAIN-MAN-a-tee? Newslink. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 18, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manatee-or-main-man-a-tee-newslink/760260 "2016-07-18T22:08:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manatee-or-main-man-a-tee-newslink/760260/1 "2016-07-18T22:08:18Z")
Manatee makes some time with beach babe. > **[Watch: Manatee greets paddleboarder in Florida - UPI.com](https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2016/07/18/Friendly-manatee-props-itself-up-on-womans-paddleboard/4231468865379/?spt=sec&or=on)** > > A Florida woman who encountered a friendly manatee while paddleboarding captured video of the animal using its flippers to prop itself up on her board. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manatee-or-main-man-a-tee-newslink/760260/2 "2016-07-18T23:29:00Z")
“Yeah, that’s some nice paddleboard ya got there, sweetie; be a shame if somethin happened to it. Know what I mean?” ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manatee-or-main-man-a-tee-newslink/760260/3 "2016-07-19T18:51:30Z")
I was kayaking down a river with manatees last week at Weeki Wachee, but I am not a hot babe so they just swam on by. But at least I got to see them. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manatee-or-main-man-a-tee-newslink/760260/4 "2016-07-19T19:10:56Z")
Manatees are cool. ---
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manatee-or-main-man-a-tee-newslink/760260/5 "2016-07-19T20:28:10Z")
My wife and I were kayaking on the Indian River a few years back, and saw this great roiling of the water a little ways in front of us. Turns out, it was a couple of manatees mating. Trust me - when 2,500-odd pounds worth of aquatic mammal decide to get amorous, you don’t want to be anywhere near it. Well…unless you happen to be a manatee, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manatee-or-main-man-a-tee-newslink/760260/6 "2016-07-19T20:48:06Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Manatees are cool. Galatees are better, especially when wet. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manatee-or-main-man-a-tee-newslink/760260/7 "2016-07-19T20:49:50Z")
We swam with the manatees a few years ago, and it was amazing. Crystal River Florida is the only place you can that legally. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manatee-or-main-man-a-tee-newslink/760260/8 "2016-07-19T20:57:00Z")
The proper term is _person_-atee, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manatee-or-main-man-a-tee-newslink/760260/9 "2016-07-19T21:28:37Z")
From the article: > [@](#): > > Celine Chasteen said she was out paddleboarding with a friend recently in Jupiter when they encountered a pair of manatees. It sounds like her friend was distracted by the wingmanatee. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manatee-or-main-man-a-tee-newslink/760260/10 "2016-07-19T22:10:06Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > From the article: > It sounds like her friend was distracted by the wingmanatee. Man, you can ride my tail anytime!