The little nose you see poking out of the water belongs to a four day-old manatee at Silver Springs in Florida. That is mom to the left of her baby and in a protective posture keeping the little one shoreside of her. Some male manatee will occasionally attack the mother to get milk and she defends herself to feed the newborn. I also shot a photo of another manatee about 12 days old when I saw him/her and I will post that photo sometime here. This one was taken from a boardwalk the other I took from a kayak. The ranger was the source for the ages of the newly arriving manatee.