Manatees of Crystal River 1/05

There is a 1,500 pound wild animal moving toward you out of the murk.
It moves forward with a slow, self-assured, deliberate grace. You stare dumbfounded, a flash of primeval panic runs through you as the beast makes its final approach.

Just before your inevitable doom, the creature makes an unexpected maneuver and it becomes perfectly clear what this behemoth has planned.

It rolls over onto its back and comes to a stop directly in front of you.

It wants to have its belly scratched.

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