A sawfish rescued from Florida Keys die-off and brought to Mote Marine has died 
By Max Chesnes US Source: tampabay 5/3/2024
Max Chesnes
Credit: Mote Marine Laboratory
After three weeks of treatment, the first-ever endangered sawfish to be rescued from a die-off in the Florida Keys died at a Sarasota rehabilitation facility Thursday, according to the animal’s caretakers.

The sawfish, a prehistoric-looking endangered species with a chainsaw-like snout, was pulled from waters off Cudjoe Key on April 5 after it was spinning in circles and showing signs of distress.
 

Biologists drove it on a roughly seven-hour journey to Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium about a week later, where it remained until it died this week.

 
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