Sea cow surfers: Florida family surprised by friendly manatees

Two Florida brothers caught greater than a wave once they paddled out on the Fourth of July and encountered some pleasant manatees.

Twins, Evan and Logan Blais, 11, had been out browsing with their household on July 4th close to Fort Pierce Inlet when a gaggle of manatees, often called an aggregation, joined the surf session.

“I assumed that the manatees had been scuba divers at first,” Evan Blais stated, including as the ocean cows acquired nearer they might see it wasn’t people.

Evan Blais stated he stayed calm after his grandpa and pop advised him the ocean creatures weren’t sharks. 

The video shared by the boys’ mother and father Brandon and Lisa Blais reveals the manatees coming proper as much as the younger surfers and even flopping a flipper on a surfboard. 

Whereas manatees are typically often called “sea” cows, these light creatures usually stick with coastal waters and Florida rivers and is derived. Manatees’ main meals supply is seagrass.

Regardless of their blubbery look, manatees have little physique fats and can’t survive extended publicity to chilly water. The ocean cows swim freely in Florida’s contemporary waterways from April to late October. Within the winter months, they migrate into Florida’s springs or canals.

The Blais boys stated that even dwelling in Florida, that they had by no means skilled a manatee encounter this shut earlier than.

Lisa Blais shared the video of the ocean cows and Evan on Fb, which now has greater than 3,300 shares. 

Requested how the twins really feel about their July 4th manatee surf session, Logan stated, “It feels actually good. It’s simply, it’s cool.”

It was a particular vacation weekend for the brothers, who celebrated their eleventh birthday on July 5.