The Men Who Babysit Manatees

At a rescue center in Iquitos, Peru, caretaker Juan Sanchez Babilonia and his team bottle-feed orphaned Amazonian manatee calves and teach them to forage before releasing them back into the river. It is a hands-on look at what it actually takes to raise an animal that isn't supposed to need raising.

Why it's free: Free on Great Big Story's own channel; GBS produced and owns this short.