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Centro de Conservación de Manatíes del Caribe

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A Manatee Hospital on a Bayamón University Campus

Ocean Life

🇵🇷 Puerto Rico

On the Bayamón campus of Inter American University, three ozone-treated freshwater tanks hold orphaned West Indian manatee calves, and two Florida manatees raise them as surrogate parents before release.

52.8kgallonsCombined capacity of the center's three manatee rehabilitation tanks (5,800 + 16,000 + 31,000 gal)
53kgallons per hourWater circulated through the tanks' ozone treatment system
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