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Boaters find kitten swimming 3 miles offshore in Gulf of Mexico
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida -- When Maggie Rogers spotted something bobbing in the water three miles into the Gulf of Mexico while on a scalloping trip with friends, she assumed it was a turtle, or a piece of sea kelp.
But as the boat got closer and slowed down, she found it was a tiny, apricot-colored kitten. Nine inches long and screaming at the top of its lungs, the cat was paddling furiously. ``We scooped him up and he sat on the boat with me for eight hours,'' said Rogers, who is the finance director at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. ``He was exhausted and stressed,'' Rogers said. ``His heart rate was high.'' The boaters on the 17-foot Scout Current Drift did not know how the kitten arrived in the Homosassa Bay. There were at least 40 boats in the crowded area where he was found, they said. On Tuesday, three days after he was found, a veterinarian found the 10-week-old, 1-pound kitten had worms, but was otherwise healthy. He was adopted by Rogers' sister-in-law _ and named Nemo. Photo Edit: Maggie Roberts holds Nemo after being rescued from Homosassa Bay, three miles east of Tampa, on Saturday, July 3, 2004. Roberts was out with her husband when they spotted nine-inch Nemo paddling furiously and screaming at the top of his lungs. Nemo was adopted by Rogers' sister-in-law. (AP Photo/Clearwater Marine Aquarium, HO) |
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Fri 07-09-2004, 04:29PM
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Re: Boaters find kitten swimming 3 miles offshore in Gulf of Mexico
I thought that there was only one species of marine catfish?
Sorry! Still, nice to read a story with a happy ending for a change.  |
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Fri 07-09-2004, 07:17PM
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Re: Boaters find kitten swimming 3 miles offshore in Gulf of Mexico
Originally Posted by Trev
Still, nice to read a story with a happy ending for a change.
Wow, Trev, you nailed it, the exact reason I posted this, as well as I know just where Homosassa Bay in Florida is.  It's just North of Weeki Wachee & The Chassowitzka National Wildlife Refuge, on the Gulf of Mexico side of central Florida. Last edited by Ken Kelly : Fri 07-09-2004 at 07:46PM. |
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Sat 07-10-2004, 01:22PM
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Re: Boaters find kitten swimming 3 miles offshore in Gulf of Mexico
 I can't beleive a shark didn't eat him up...Nice save dude 
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Thu 07-15-2004, 11:40AM
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Re: Boaters find kitten swimming 3 miles offshore in Gulf of Mexico
Originally Posted by YOUARETHEEVERYTHNG
I can't beleive a shark didn't eat him up...Nice save dude Yeah, that would have been a nice little meal. 
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