r/Manatees

I saw someone else post their manatee art and since I have an (borderline) obsession with them I thought I’d share some of mine here are the three manatees I’ve drawn in the past month

Just a simple glitter manatee. This one is the palette cleanser of this set. Every single dot was added individually by hand :)

Meat Manatee

Part of a new series of fun little manatees I'm drawing.

I visited the Dallas World Aquarium today and was so disturbed by the experience I stayed about 5 minutes, saw the Manatee in person and left.

This place is disgusting. Mostly land animals in small cages. No employees providing any kind of educational value. Tons of people packed in. And the manatee tank was very small for her size.

I think she has been there 8, 9 maybe over 10 years, and my understanding is she is supposed to be there for rehab and release.

The owner of this place seems like a total scumbag

https://newrepublic.com/article/121184/daryl-richardsons-dallas-world-aquarium-causes-zoo-controversy

I’m guessing the reason she is there still is because if they let her go they won’t have a manatee anymore and that will hurt business.

Does ANYONE know the situation at this place.