Manatees

Manatees are slow moving and docile. They tend to be friendly and curious. If you are out in a small boat or canoe in an area with manatees, it is not uncommon for them to roll up beside your boat to see what you are up to while they eat.

about 134 get hit a year its sad isn't it

Manatees are aquatic mammals and give birth to a single calf, after a gestation period of approximately one year. The calf will remain dependant on it's mother for up to two years, nursing on her enriched milk.

There are loads of animals with horns: Rhinos, goats, elephants, cattle, wild boar, types of sheep. The list goes on forever. The most valuable horn though is Rhino horns. In Asia a rhino horn can sell for £40,000 a kilo.

Manatees have a nictitating membrane (like an alligator has) which protects its eyes. Manatees will close their eyes when sleeping. They hover or lay on the bottom and when they need a breath they will rise to the surface, take a breath and then settle back down to the bottom without ever waking up.

Manatees are warm blooded, and the waters in Florida are much warmer year round. There are actually areas that they like to hang out, even in Florida. Many power plants that use water to cool their machinery vent the water back into the bays (it is actually a clean practice). The manatees will all come hang out in those destinations in the winter to warm up. Sometimes, you can see dozens of them there at once.

There must be some disadvantages, but I can't think of any.

Manatees are beautiful mammals that people will visit Florida just to see, also some people in other parts of the world use their meat in cooking, also manatees are gentle, loving creatures that love being around humans. Once a manatee named howie tipped over a research canoe and watched all of the researchers and their stuff float on the water while the researchers got the canoe flipped over again. Here's a question to ask yourself... Why do the polar bears need to be saved? Are you kidding me if polar bears went extinct the food chain would get all messed up and more animals would become extinct. For example, sea lions, walrus. You are right about the manatee though.

No, in fact the main danger they pose is to boaters, Manatees hear extremely high pitch sound waves and our low pitched motor noises are, in effect, falling on deaf ears leading to high collision rates with a few injuries to both parties (mainly manatees) although the threat posed to boaters in certain regions has been assessed and currently a high frequency sound emitter is being tested for such reasons.

Find a safe place to sleep.

Manatees are herbivores and eat over 60 different plant species such as mangrove leaves, turtle grass, and types of algae, using their divided upper lip. An adult manatee will commonly eat up to 9% of its body weight (approx 50 kg) per day. Manatees have been known to eat small amounts of fish from nets.

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Manatees prefer warm waters. In Florida in the winter, they hang out around the power plants, where warm water is pumped out from cooling the equipment. Many power plants have set up conservation and viewing areas for these cooler months.

A steelers sea cow is the oldest manatee to have ever lived.

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they have to have somthing to cover their big fat ugly faces

Alright, so because a Shark is an animal it's Kingdom- Anamalia. Because it has a basic skeletal structure (Cartalidge, not bone) it goes into phylum chordata. Although, instead of being placed into the class mammalia like an elephant would, it is placed into the class chondricthyes, which is one of three classes of fish (The other two being Ostychthyes [Bony Fish] and Agnatha [Jawless fish]) that contains sharks and rays. It belongs here instead of mammalia because it's a fish, it lays eggs, has no fur, does not produce milk, etc. Look up what makes a mammal and you can compare them.

The act of swimming would require an organism to be in a liquid. Generally Manatees live in a liquid called water. Though there are many other liquids out there, I don't think manatees swim out of water.

They are typically in tropical warm salt waters.

They are typically in tropical warm salt waters.

They are typically in tropical warm salt waters.

They are typically in tropical warm salt waters.

They are typically in tropical warm salt waters.

They are typically in tropical warm salt waters.

Florida Manatees eat many different aquatic plants.

Manatees as you might know are on the endangered list meaning they are less populated and are being killed or dying off fast because of water polution. But there is a hope for the manatees because of the "Save The Manatee Club" (look it up) I am an active member of this foundation. Let me explain... in this well structured foundation manatees who may have been hurt by boat propellers or crab nets are diagnosed and healed and if they are still in condition the are put in captivity until they heal.

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Some are like the breathing....They breath just like us except they come up for air and breathe in ninety percent of what they need to breathe while we only breathe in ten percent..They also use there front flippers to swim because if they couldn't use them to swim then they couldn't swim at all...Anything else just ask i hope it helps!!

Absolutely! I highly recommend a Manatee,especially if you live in an apartment, they are perfect because they don't need a lot of room or exercise. Just a large tank and about 3 tonnes of turtle grass to keep them fed. Manatees don't like to be alone at night so make sure you put the tank in your room so they don't feel lonely. Manatees are very social so keep them connected to your social circle by keeping their Facebook and Twitter feeds updated daily.

I hope you enjoy your Manatee! : )

It is neither physiologically harmful nor a good idea. Manatees get all their physiological requirements from the food that they eat. Occasionally they will migrate to fresh water sources to supplement this requirement. They can be attracted to artificial fresh water sources as well, such as water control structures. The problem with offering fresh water to manatees is that it creates the same potential problem as the "don't feed the bears" situation. It alters their natural behavior, conditions them to interact with humans and/or boats and boat facilities, which potentially increases dangers to them. While difficult to enforce, providing food and/or water to manatees (an endangered species) is also technically illegal.