{"id":66485,"date":"2025-08-08T01:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T01:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/66485\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T01:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T01:44:08","slug":"manatee-spotted-swimming-off-cape-cod-for-1st-time-in-nearly-a-decade-boston-25-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/66485\/","title":{"rendered":"Manatee spotted swimming off Cape Cod for 1st time in nearly a decade \u2013 Boston 25 News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">MASHPEE, Mass. \u2014 A manatee was recently spotted off the coast of Cape Cod for the first time in nearly a decade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">The extremely rare sighting occurred in late July when Mashpee resident Steve Petrucci observed the manatee near Popponesset Bay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">Petrucci shared a video of the manatee with Boston 25 News on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/cmg\/L4C3V4NIYRHG3BOTWFXMPZ6C2M.png\" width=\"1440\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-1htor29-0 jibCgM image-metadata\">Manatee Cape Cod <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">\u201cIt was just floating around. I think it was low tide, so I think it was feeding,\u201d Petrucci told Boston 25. \u201cI\u2019ve seen one in Florida a few times, but not up here, of course, obviously. That\u2019s why I was so surprised and swearing a little in the video.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">Petrucci said some of his family members were also on hand to observe the manatee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">Manatees, marine mammals known to stick to warmer waters, occasionally travel up the East Coast, although such sightings are infrequent, according to Fish and Wildlife officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">The last notable manatee sighting off Cape Cod was in 2016, the Cape Cod Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capecodtimes.com\/story\/news\/local\/2016\/08\/27\/ifaw-confirms-sightings-manatee-in\/25563389007\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.capecodtimes.com\/story\/news\/local\/2016\/08\/27\/ifaw-confirms-sightings-manatee-in\/25563389007\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston25news.com\/news\/local\/have-new-device-get-our-free-boston-25-news-weather-apps\/PDC6X7UKOFDBVPV5YJHG3CX36I\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE Boston 25 News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">Follow Boston 25 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Boston25News\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boston25\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston25news.com\/video\/live-stream\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch Boston 25 News NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MASHPEE, Mass. \u2014 A manatee was recently spotted off the coast of Cape Cod for the first time&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[20288,2808,3,48600,79,12627,1977,201],"class_list":["post-66485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-cape","tag-florida","tag-news","tag-papa_ossett_bay","tag-science","tag-steve","tag-video","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}