Snooty

Snooty (July 22, 1948 – July 23, 2017) was an American male Florida manatee that lived at the South Florida Museum's Parker Manatee Aquarium in Bradenton, Florida. 

Snooty was one of the first recorded captive manatee births, and at age , he was the oldest manatee in captivity, and was likely the oldest manatee in the world. Due to his hand rearing from birth, Snooty was never released to the wild and was the only manatee at the museum's aquarium that had regular human interaction. 

On July 23, 2017, one day after his birthday, Snooty died at the South Florida Museum at the age of 69.

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Category:1948 births
Category:2017 deaths
Category:Individual animals
Category:Florida