Animals

Cape Cod manatee to be flown to Florida by US Coast Guard

Washburn, an 800-pound manatee, pictured during rescue last month. David L Ryan / The Boston Globe

By The Boston Globe

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This manatee sure knows how to get around.

“Washburn,” the roughly 800-pound female manatee captured in Falmouth last month after spending weeks bobbing around off parts of Cape Cod, will be flown by plane Tuesday from the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut to Florida.

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