Manatees – we all know them to be these huge, gorgeous, graceful, serene, peaceful, gentle creatures right? That said – have you ever smelled one of their farts???? OH MY GAWD!!!!! Sean, the kids and I went to the Lowry Park Zoo this past Saturday and had a great time. We got to the manatees and watched them swimming around and eating their heads of lettuce. (At this zoo you stand on a platform about 6 feet above the pond that they swim in so you can look below and see them.)

So we’re all standing there (and it’s just the 5 of us at this time) and there are 2 manatees swimming about 4 feet away from us, eating the lettuce and swimming toward the top of the water. At one point I notice ALOT of bubbles coming from underneath one of the manatees. So we all giggle since we know bubbles in the water usually means someone has gas! WELL – this manatee definitely had gas and the smell was HORRIBLE!!!!!! I guess when your diet consists of raw veggies like that it’s going to smell something fierce. It was so bad I started gagging (while laughing of course at the same time). And then wouldn’t you know it – another family comes walking up right at that moment (and this was right before we realized what the smell was) and my oldest says out loud “Mommy, did you fart?” NICE!!!!!!! So I’m sitting here laughing and gagging while trying to defend myself all at the same time – it was quite a sight! (And quite a smell – one that remained in my nose all that day!!!)

So word to the wise – if you are watching manatees and happen to see bubbles – RUN!!!!!!