Manatee with lost flipper thriving at SeaWorld Orlando: 'A second chance'

A severely injured manatee named Southpaw is swimming and recovering at SeaWorld Orlando after a tangled crab trap forced veterinary teams to amputate her right flipper. She’s getting a second chance thanks to an observant couple in Titusville.Florida manatee rescueGood Samaritans first spotted the marine mammal struggling against the heavy debris in the Indian River Lagoon near Titusville in September.Waterfront resident Terry Morse noticed the entangled animal and immediately alerted state wildlife officials with photographic proof. Morse said, "If it doesn’t look right, doesn’t look normal to you, then question it."Wildlife officers from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission stepped in and transported the distressed animal directly to the rehabilitation facility at SeaWorld.Since then, she’s been undergoing lifesaving treatment to remove a crab trap from her right flipper.Veterinary surgeons could not save the damaged limb, but the specialist team successfully freed