Manatees are a beautiful creature of the waters that are often called sea cows. According to LiveScience, a manatee is a large marine mammal with an egg-shaped head, flippers and a flat tail. They are also incredibly cute and peaceful creatures who love to explore. For one paddleboarder, she got an unexpected up close and personal experience with a manatee.
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The woman was out on her paddleboard, having a fun day on the ocean waters when suddenly a head popped up. It was a manatee that happened to then place his flippers on her paddleboard. Maybe he wanted to ask how her day was going or maybe he was being nosy, but the entire experience was captured on video.
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You can see how incredibly happy and overjoyed the woman in the video is to be having this close encounter.
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When the woman and her friend got back to shore, they uploaded the epic video to the Internet, and you can imagine how popular it became. See for yourself in this heartwarming exchange between human and sea creature in the video below.
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Posted by WPTV on Friday, July 15, 2016
