Habitat::::::
Manatees can be found in shallow, slow-moving rivers, saltwater bays, coastal areas- where sea grass beds or fresh water vegetation flourish, estuaries
EATS::::::Manatees eat over 60 different freshwater and saltwater plants like : floating hyacinth pickerel weed, alligator weed, water lettuce, hydrilla, water celery, ,use grass, mangrove leaves, sea grasses, shoal grasses, turtle grass, and marine algae etc.
OTHER FUN FACTS::::: West Indian manatees are large, gray aquatic mammals with bodies that taper to a flat, paddle shaped tail, they also have two forelimbs called flippers, they can live over 60 years and have no natural enemies.
DEATHS CAUSED BY:::::::
6 different categories: watercraft collisions, floodgate or canal lock ( animal was crushed and or drowned in these structures, other human related stuff ( fishing hooks, nets, litter, poaching, and monofilament line), perinatal ( died around the time of birth and was not because of human activities), other natural ( cold stress, red tide, gastrointestinal disease, pneumonia, and other diseases), undetermined ( the manatee is to badly decomposed to determine cause of death, the necropsy finding is inclusive, or the manatee carcass was reported and verified but not recovered)
WAYS TO HELP THEM::::::To help save them you can join the " save the manatee club" and donate to the club, the donations go to research and creating safe areas for the manatees