MATLACHA, Fla. (TMX) – A pair of stranded dolphins rescued from the shallows of a “mangroves maze” in Florida this week may have been stuck there since a very high tide in November, or even as far back as Hurricane Milton in October, officials said.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office said witnesses reported seeing two dolphins stranded in a shallow lagoon near Matlacha late Monday night.
Matlacha is located along the western Florida coast, near Cape Coral and Fort Myers.
On Tuesday morning, the sheriff’s Marine Unit and marine biologists from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission responded with shallow water boats and located the two dolphins deep in the mangroves…