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Is a flamingo the same as a manatee?
Flamingos are pink flightless birds, and manatees are ocean mammals. Manatees and flamingos are nothing alike in any way.
How did manatees get their name?
manati is town at north central in Ruerto Rico.where manatees or manaties as say in spanish,where seen first. manati is town at north central in Ruerto Rico.where manatees or manaties as say in spanish,where seen first. manati is town at north central in Ruerto Rico.where manatees or manaties as say in spanish,where seen first.
Do polar bears eat manatees?
Polar Bears are opportunistic feeders, and will have a go at just about any animal it thinks it can catch and overpower. Given the chance, it is quite likely that a Polar Bear would try on a Manatee. Polar Bears will happily go after walruses, which are fairly similar in size to manatees. But in the wild, Polar Bears and Manatees would never meet. Manatees live in warmer waters further south, while polar bears live far to the north. There are hundreds of miles between them.
How many bones does a manatee have in its body?
Zero, Manatee, sharks, rays and rat fish do not have bones only cartilage. Hogwash. Manatees are mammals. They have about 200 bones.
Why did the number of manatees start to decline?
Manatees do not have any natural enemies. They're only enemy is man. They are sometimes seriously injured by propellers of passing boats. The part of the boat that makes the boat move cuts into the manatee, and people even drive over them. Also, when people pollute the manatees can get killed by the trash. They can eat a soda can or other piece of trash, or get tangled in it, where the manatee cannot swim or maybe even breathe.
What is the difference between a dugong and a manatee?
A dugong has a nose flap but the manatee does not. And the manatee cannot stay as long as the dugong canAnother answer.Another clear distinction between a dugong and a manatee is the tail. Manatees tails are more rounded like a paddle, whereas a dugongs tail looks more like the flukes of a whale.
Is there a website to save the Manatees?
Yes, unless you ONLY want a manatee website. WWF.com is a good website to donate to. You can donate to a specific species, or just any animal. If you only want a just manatee website, then savethemanatee.org is a website you should use.
What is the main cause of danger to the manatees?
Man. The evidence of multiple scars show the manatee's and motor driven props do not go hand in glove. They sustain numerous injury from recreational boaters that ply the waters of their habitat. The other threat is environmental, re-routing and altering watershed basins, encroachment into prime habitat, and accumulations of toxins in it's food chain. It's a rough life for manatee's these days, they want nothing more than clean water & kelp to much on while basking in the Florida sun. These manatee's might be safer if they relocated to "gated" communities.
What are the prey of the manatee?
Well, sence Manatees are herbavors, and only eat plants or plankton. The only real prey of a Mantee is Plankton and any underwater plantlife. But their most common food source is Seaweed.
What kind of defeense does a manatee use for protection?
Manatees don't have any method of defense. They can't go fast or fight back, or even look behind it without turning its whole body around.
What does a west Indian manatee eat?
West Indian Manatees eat seagrass, also known as seaweed, and other random plants in their aquatic environment.
What color are manatee's eyes?
Actually, the manatee sees in color, but not the same way a human does. The manatee sees varying shades starting in the low violet range, up through the perceptible range of yellow. This is referred to as Wave-range vision and is unique to the manatee and several other water faring creatures. Any other vision adaptation would fail based on the blood temperature of the Manatee.
