What is Snooty?
{{Infobox person |name = Snooty |image = Snooty's 65th Birthday.JPG |caption = Snooty at his 65th birthday in 2013, being presented a cake made of fruits and vegetables. |occupation = Mascot of [[Manatee County, Florida]] |birth_date = {{Birth date|1948|7|22}} |death_date = {{Death date|2017|7|23}} (age 69) |birth_place = [[Miami]], [[Florida]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_place = [[Bradenton, Florida|Bradenton]], Florida, U.S.}} '''Snooty''' (July 22, 1948 – July 23, 2017) was an American male [[West Indian manatee|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 {{age|1948|7|21}}, he was the oldest manatee in captivity,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Aronson|first1=Claire|title=Guinness World Records names Snooty of Bradenton as 'Oldest Manatee in Captivity'|url=http://www.bradenton.com/2015/06/26/5867910/guinness-world-records-names-snooty.html|website=bradenton.com|publisher=Bradenton Herald|access-date=26 June 2015|archive-date=28 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628231038/http://www.bradenton.com/2015/06/26/5867910/guinness-world-records-names-snooty.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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. <ref name=snooty>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Snooty the Manatee|publisher= South Florida Museum |isbn= 978-1-56944-441-2}}</ref> On July 23, 2017, one day after his birthday, Snooty died at the South Florida Museum at the age of 69.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/07/23/snooty-worlds-oldest-known-manatee-dies-one-day-after-celebrating-birthday.html |title=Snooty, world's oldest known manatee, dies one day after celebrating birthday |date=2017-07-23 |website=Fox News |language=en-US |access-date=2017-07-23}}</ref> ==Refer