MIAMI (AP) - A wayward manatee has arrived in Florida after
being flown on a transport jet after being rescued from murky
waters near a New Jersey oil refinery.

Ilya left Atlantic City International Airport Thursday. Miami
Seaquarium was the ultimate destination.

The sea cow was pulled from a creek at the ConocoPhillips oil
refinery in Linden and had been recuperating at the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine.

Federal wildlife authorities kept the rescue a secret, fearing a
crush of media and well-wishers could stress the manatee.

Ilya needed to be rescued because New Jersey's waters are too
cold for him to survive for long. He's been migrating as far north
as Massachusetts for the past decade, but dithered too long in the Garden State this year.

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