Manatee. by Savannah Gulledge https://padlet.com/sav_gulledge/x64p9ab15ka5 Endangered. en-us 2017-05-04 12:17:47 UTC 2023-01-21 14:04:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/prod/43545064/38ca3ac7b9976027e4be68963b031b43/download.png WEST INDIAN MANATEE sav_gulledge https://padlet.com/sav_gulledge/x64p9ab15ka5/wish/169914621 (Trichechus manatus)]]> 2017-05-04 12:50:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sav_gulledge/x64p9ab15ka5/wish/169914621 What they look like. sav_gulledge https://padlet.com/sav_gulledge/x64p9ab15ka5/wish/169915661 Adults average about 10 feet long and weigh 1,000 pounds. They have no hindlimbs, and their forelimbs are modified as flippers. Manatee tails are flattened horizontally and rounded. Their body is covered with sparse hairs and their muzzles with stiff whiskers.]]> 2017-05-04 12:54:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sav_gulledge/x64p9ab15ka5/wish/169915661 Population. sav_gulledge https://padlet.com/sav_gulledge/x64p9ab15ka5/wish/169915668  During summer months, they may migrate as far north as coastal Virginia on the east coast and the Louisiana coast on the Gulf of Mexico. ]]> 2017-05-04 12:54:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sav_gulledge/x64p9ab15ka5/wish/169915668 Habitat. sav_gulledge https://padlet.com/sav_gulledge/x64p9ab15ka5/wish/169915698 Manatees inhabit both salt and fresh water of sufficient depth (1.5 meters to usually less than 6 meters throughout their range. They may be encountered in canals, rivers, earnestine habitats, saltwater bays, and on occasion have been observed as much as 3.7 miles off the Florida Gulf coast. ]]> 2017-05-04 12:54:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sav_gulledge/x64p9ab15ka5/wish/169915698 Whats causing the tragedy? sav_gulledge https://padlet.com/sav_gulledge/x64p9ab15ka5/wish/169915704 Overexploitation
The manatee has no known predators other than humans. In the past, humans hunted manatees extensively for their meat, fat, and tough hides. In some parts of the Caribbean and South America, manatees are still hunted for food.
]]> 2017-05-04 12:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sav_gulledge/x64p9ab15ka5/wish/169915704 What makes them great. sav_gulledge https://padlet.com/sav_gulledge/x64p9ab15ka5/wish/169915744  -They'll take care of their children better than most people.
-They're too nice they dont have anytime to hurt anything else.
-They don't only swim to get places they swim to play!
-They really pay attention, turning their bodies to face whatever they're looking at.
-They're an essential part of their ecosystems.]]> 2017-05-04 12:54:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sav_gulledge/x64p9ab15ka5/wish/169915744 What they clean up. sav_gulledge https://padlet.com/sav_gulledge/x64p9ab15ka5/wish/169915755 Manatees are primarily herbivores. They feed on a wide variety of submerged, emergent, floating, and shoreline vegetation.]]> 2017-05-04 12:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sav_gulledge/x64p9ab15ka5/wish/169915755 Danger for them. sav_gulledge https://padlet.com/sav_gulledge/x64p9ab15ka5/wish/169923174 The leading human-caused threat to Florida manateesis collisions with watercraft. Propellers and boat hulls inflict serious or mortal wounds, and most manatees have a pattern of scars on their backs or tails after surviving collisions with boats.]]> 2017-05-04 13:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sav_gulledge/x64p9ab15ka5/wish/169923174 Their common names for us. sav_gulledge https://padlet.com/sav_gulledge/x64p9ab15ka5/wish/169923190 They call them sea cows because the are very large and live under the sea.]]> 2017-05-04 13:19:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sav_gulledge/x64p9ab15ka5/wish/169923190 more facts about the manatee sav_gulledge https://padlet.com/sav_gulledge/x64p9ab15ka5/wish/169923197 the manatees are a good animals to clear out all of the algae and stuff in the oceans.]]> 2017-05-04 13:19:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sav_gulledge/x64p9ab15ka5/wish/169923197 work cites sav_gulledge https://padlet.com/sav_gulledge/x64p9ab15ka5/wish/170160142 https://www.fws.gov/nc-es/mammal/manatee.html

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