By Chloe Hart What is a Manatee Mammal Large Fully aquatic Known as sea cow West Indian West African Amazonian Im a sea cow Characteristics Greyish brown Flippers ID: 620459
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Manatees
By Chloe HartSlide2
What is a Manatee?
Mammal
LargeFully aquatic
Known as “sea cow”
West Indian
West AfricanAmazonian
I’m a sea cow!
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Characteristics
Grey-ish brown
FlippersPaddle tail
Algae grow on skin
No
neckCan hold breath for 15 minutes
Paddle tail
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No neck
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Flippers
Brown skin from algae→Slide4
Habitat and Migration
Warm water (about 70 degrees)
Fresh and saltwaterAquatic plants
Around 3 ft. deep
Migrate in winter
Deeper and warmer water
←This is my kind of place!Slide5
Predator or Prey
Herbivore
No predatorsMost deaths from humans
Sometimes eat fish out of nets
Will eat acorns off hanging trees
Eat plants at bottom, middle and top of water
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Yummy lettuce! My favorite!Slide6
Endangered
First endangered in 1973
Every year, 37 manatees die from boatsClimate can kill manatees
Recent data suggests 4,831 manatees are still alive
Manatees will become extinct without our help and protection!
SAVE US!!! ↙↓↘
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Please help our kind!Slide7
The End!
I hope this PowerPoint helped inform and entertain you about manatees, and that you are able to see one in person before they are gone.
←Until next time
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BYE!!!→Slide8
Works Cited
http://seaworld.org/http://www.savethemanatee.org/http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/
http://www.manatee-world.comhttp://www.bagheera.com/http://oceantoday.noaa.gov/https://www.youtube.com
Thanks to all these websites!
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