Mating manatees draw crowd in Pompano Beach

The sex life of Florida's favorite seagrass-munching mammal was on display Monday afternoon, as a dozen manatees gathered to mate on the surf in Pompano Beach.

A crowd gathered, kept at a respectful distance by lifeguards and Broward Sheriff's deputies, as the manatees engaged in mating behavior that involved a cluster of males chasing a female into shallow water. The males bumped each other for position, trying to climb onto the female, in sluggish, manatee-like manner, their whiskered snouts protruding from the water.

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This story was originally published July 20, 2015 at 10:18 PM with the headline "Mating manatees draw crowd in Pompano Beach."