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Amazon oil drilling plan excludes unique hybrid manatees too big for rescue (news.mongabay.com)
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  • Brazil’s environmental agency approved oil drilling off the mouth of the Amazon River, even though oil company Petrobras considers it “unfeasible” to rescue large animals like manatees in the event of an oil spill.

  • Potential oil spills threaten a unique hybrid manatee population perfectly suited to live in the Amazon River mouth area.

  • A simulation testing Petrobras’s wildlife rescue plan showed lack of basic supplies and boat accidents.

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