Manatee

The Information Of The Manatee (Trichechus)

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Population (Estimated)

Florida Manatees- 4,834

Antillean manatee- between 2,800 and 5,600

West African Manatees-1980-1981 produced a rough estimate of 9,000-15,000

What We Can Do

Habitat of the Manatee

Amazonian Manatees- at least 10,000

Sources

Interesting Facts About The Manatee

Description of the habits: Warm coastal waters and slow-moving rivers, estuaries, saltwater bays, canals, and coastal areas — particularly where seagrass beds or freshwater vegetation flourish.

• Manatees live alone or in small groups.
• Manatees closet modern relative is the elephant.
• Move each of lip pad independently.

Adopt a manatee, ask your school to adopt a manatee, donate money to a cause helping manatees, and don't litter.

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Where The Manatees Live

Diet of the Manatee

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Why is Manatees Endangered?

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Description of the Manatee

Description of the diet: Manatees are primarily herbivores. Manatees eat aquatic plants such as cordgrass, turtle grass and eelgrass and even non-native water hyacinth and hydrilla.

Found in Florida

Found in Mexico some parts of South America.

African manatees can be found in much of the western region of Africa.

Color: The true color is gray, although it may look brownish-gray.

It is found living in the freshwater habitats of the Amazon Basin.

Manatees are endangered because of boats, for gates and navigation, poaching and vandalism, and fishing lines and crab trap.

Size/Weight: The size is 8 to 13 feet. The weight is 440 to 1,300 pounds.

Group: The manatee belong to the mammal group.

Manatees Are Adorable

So Killing Them Is Horrible

The Florida Manatees Recovery- The development of site- specific boat speed zones for manatee protection, implementation of management plans, posting of regulatory speed sighs, levying fines for excessive speed in designates areas public acquisition of critical habitat, creation of sanctuaries, manatee research, and education and public awareness programs

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Fishing Lines and Crab Trap

Boats

Due to manatees dark color and because they are slow swimming, manatees are difficult to see in the water. Collisions with boats cause life-threatening internal injuries that are often hard to locate and treat.

Florida manatees have been found with fishing lines or crab trap lines wrapped around them. These materials can wrap tightly around the manatee's flippers, causing serious infections, amputations, or death.

Turtle Grass

Hydrilla

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Flood gates and Navigation

Poaching and Vandalism

Cordgrass

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Some areas manatees are hunted for food. Other are victims of harassment.

As manatees swim upstream, they may encounter flood gates and navigation locks. When flood gates are left partially open, manatees sometimes swim through them. They may become trapped in the water current. The remote-controlled flood gets have also crushed manatees.

Manatee

Eelgrass

Hyacinth