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Manatee

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

MANATEES

JORDAN MUHLHAUSER & MATT COLE

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HABITAT

  • 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

  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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)

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  • 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

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