birthdaycakesforanimals:‘People from around the country sent [Snooty the manatee at South Flor
birthdaycakesforanimals:‘People from around the country sent [Snooty the manatee at South Florida Museum] birthday cards, and those at the museum sang happy birthday and watched him take bites out of a makeshift cake of cabbage heads, pineapple juice, carrots and strawberries.There were celery sticks, too, but Snooty wasn’t feeling those.“We’re happy with the turn out and that people have this marked on their calenders,” said Jamie Tacy Jalwan, special events and marketing manager at the museum.Snooty was born July 21, 1948, at the old Miami Aquarium and Tackle Company, and is one of the first recorded births of a manatee in captivity.Originally known as “Baby Snoots,” the male manatee was brought to Bradenton as part of the 1949 Desoto Celebration and has been a symbol of life in Manatee County ever since.’ -- source link