OUTER BANKS, N.C. — A manatee is back home at SeaWorld Orlando nearly three weeks after it was first spotted in the Outer Banks, thanks to a group of volunteers.
The manatee was first seen in Kitty Hawk Bay waters on October 29, according to the North Carolina Aquariums. On Monday, a team scooped up the manatee from a creek off the Tar River near Greenville.
When the team rescued the manatee, they noticed it was injured and possibly sick, the Aquariums shared.
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The manatee has since been safely transported back to Florida.
The Aquariums says the team is allowed to capture and transport manatees, as the rescue was done under a U.S. Fish and Wildlife service permit.
