Manatees are slow moving to help them conserve energy, seeing they are a large vegetarian. They also have thick layers of fat to help insulate them in the water, since they are an aquatic mammal.
NO only the female manatee does NO only the female manatee does
It's parents are responsible.
help keep the manatee for future generations
The manatee can live in salt or fresh water. But if the manatee is in salt water too long it needs to find salt water to drink
a manatee can (in the wild) survive anywhere from 50-60 years. However, because of fatal injuries from boat motors and the like, the lifespan of the manatee is growing shorter.
They are protected by both the state and federal law in Florida.
they are blocking off areas for moder boats
Yes, with Save the Manatee Club, you can adopt a real live manatee with a known history and biography; not a symbolic manatee like other organizations. Also when you adopt a manatee through Save the Manatee Club you know that your contribution will go to save manatees and manatee habitat. Go to www.savethemanatee.org to learn more about manatees and how you can help save this endangered marine mammal. Save the Manatee Club was founded in 1981 by singer Jimmy Buffett and Florida Governor Bob Graham.
There are 3 species of manatee. There is the West Indian manatee, the Amazonian manatee, and the Florida manatee.
A Manatee (also known as the sea cow) are not known to shape the land. There is no scientific evidence that this mammal has anything to do with shaping the land.
many things are being done but most of all they are trying to get the animals back out into the wild and survive and breed on their own.
its illegal to hunt it, if they find a manatee near by you have to go 10mph or lower to near it, also many zookeepers are setting up manatee refuges so people know not to boat by them.