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The West Indian manatee, aka North American manatee, is found among the warmer coastal areas of the Caribbean, from the eastern United States down to northern Brazil. Sadly, these amazing critters face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments; recreational activities that […]

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The African manatee, aka West African manatee, can still be spotted along the western coast of Africa (from Senegal to Angola) and into certain fresh water bodies. They favor coastal estuaries, lakes, oceans, rivers, reservoirs, lagoons, bays along the coast, shallower coastal flats, and also mangrove creeks rich with seagrass. […]

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This article was originally published on Critter Science.

They’re slow-moving, gentle grazers of sea grasses that mean no harm to anyone. The manatee, aka sea cow, is found in only a few locales in the world and there are only 3 known species of these docile creatures in the world today: the West Indian, the Amazonian, and the […]

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