Gabon: Victor update

I just received a message from Jonathan that Victor is now 98 kg!! He is now eating 50 – 60% of his diet in plants daily, and his bottles have been reduced to twice a day, so he’s definitely transitioning well to an adult manatee diet. Jonathan reports that some of Victor’s favorite plants to eat are red mangrove, hippo grass, and water lilies. Victor’s last milk powder shipment should have reached Gabon at the end of last week, and although I haven’t received conformation of that, hopefully in this case no news is good news! We are awaiting results of Victor’s latest blood tests from a local hospital in Gabon, but all signs point to a healthy, growing manatee making good progress towards being able to survive in the wild.