Manatees

There are 3 species of manatee. There is the West Indian manatee, the Amazonian manatee, and the Florida manatee.

It depends on the type of manatee.

The west Indian for example is about 10 feet long it is the smallest manatee.

Most others are about 10-13 feet long. As big as they are, they are actually very gentle.

Manatees are not nocturnal. Manatees are gentle and slow-moving. Most of their time is spent eating, resting, and in travel. Manatees are completely herbivorous. They eat aquatic plants and can consume 10-15% of their body weight daily in vegetation. They graze for food along water bottoms and on the surface. They may rest submerged at the bottom or just below the surface, coming up to breathe on the average of every three to five minutes. When manatees are using a great deal of energy, they may surface to breathe as often as every 30 seconds. When resting, manatees have been known to stay submerged for up to 20 minutes.

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Mermaids

um... i dont think the manatee was around 10000000 years ago...

The ocean, obviously, just below the surface at the mouths of rivers and streams.

No, Manatees and Hippos are not related to one another. The Hippos is related to whales and porpoises, while the Manatee is related more closely to elephants. For more details, please see the sites listed below.

The manatee doesn't really need to have a defense because it has no predators exept for humans and speedboats. They can't defend themselves against speedboats which is a major problem. That's one reason why their endangered. >>Manatees' only defense mechanism is to swim away. They can swim up to 20 miles per hour for short periods of time.

You are mistaken there; cetaceans are dolphins and whales, not manatees; manatees are known as sirenians.

They have useless hips and hind legs because they are so well adapted to a marine lifestyle and they no longer walk on land.

No. manatees are quite docile by nature.

they live in the intertidal zone but they go to the surface zone

I am in the Save the Manatee Club. When you adopt a manatee, they take that money and use it for research and stuff to prevent manatee deaths and stuff like that. I would check another source too to make sure the info I am giving is correct.

a narwhal and a manatee mixed.

they have live young

Manatees are large aquatic mammals. They can grow to 12 feet and 3000 lbs. They eat 10-15 % of their body weight daily in seagrasses. They can have babies about once every 2-5 years, babies will stay with the mom from 2-5 years depending on the environment they live in. Harsher environments the baby will stay longer with the mom. Babies are about 40-60 pounds at birth and average 3-4 feet long. Manatees can stay submerged for up to 20 minutes and can swim at speeds to 20 MPH in spurts. They must have water temperatur above 68 degress in order to survive for lengthy periods of time. They are not fat animals (they eat grass), they are mostly muscle, organs and large bone structure. Their greatest threat is loss of habitat and boat collisions. Propellers generally don't kill manatees, blunt force trauma from boat keels, engine foots and skegs are what does the damage breaking ribs, puncturing lungs and basically drowning them. Severe lacerations from props can kill them due to the open wounds and infection.

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yes of course they do

coloring and size

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it will hit them and hurt them seriously

Other threats for manatees include: Litter, ingestion of fish hooks, fishing line, getting entangled in crab traps and Loss of habitat. They are also at risk of getting crushed and/or drowning in canal locks.