A female manatee evading the advances of five males by hitting the beach in Florida instead found herself stalked by wildlife-watching paparazzi. "A lot of people are running for their cameras," one onlooker said. At up to 12 feet in length and 500 pounds, the plant-eating manatee -- a distant relative of the elephant -- is an attention-getter. "(The female) will beach herself ... to hide her genital regions and to basically rest," a manatee expert said. Fortunately for this particular not-in-the-mood manatee, by midmorning Tuesday two of her suitors had given up on a good time, and the others appeared to be heading back to the ocean as well.
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A female manatee evading the advances of five males by hitting the beach in Florida instead found herself stalked by wildlife-watching paparazzi. "A lot of people are running for their cameras," one onlooker said. At up to 12 feet in length and 500 pounds, the plant-eating manatee -- a distant relative of the elephant -- is an attention-getter. "(The female) will beach herself ... to hide her genital regions and to basically rest," a manatee expert said. Fortunately for this particular not-in-the-mood manatee, by midmorning Tuesday two of her suitors had given up on a good time, and the others appeared to be heading back to the ocean as well.
