West Indian Manatee

What's up I'm a West Indian Manatee but my nick name is the sea cow and here's my life through twitter

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Male and female manatees do not mate for life😭

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This is how the manatee do!

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Manatee protects her calf on Discovery footage: http://t.co/w9Xy4yedif

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Manatee - The Gentle Giant - YouTube
http://t.co/PLHf5EPC5k

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I have a flexible upper lip that I use to bring food into my mouth. I do this by grabbing and tearing the plant with my lips.

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Manatees have been known to eat over sixty species of plants with the most common being sea grass🌾🌊

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🌿Manatees are herbivores🌿

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Manatees range in color from gray to brown with wrinkled skin and single bristle-like hairs scattered all over their bodies😄

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Manatees are members of the order Sirenia, I bet you didn't know that....👍

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Manatees pronounced “MAN uh TEES”, have been called many names, including sirenians, sea cows and even mermaids.

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I get my nick name from what I eat! I have a diet of sea grasses just like a cow! 🐋🐄

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I'm surprisingly agile in water, and I have been seen doing rolls, somersaults, and even swimming upside-down🌀

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⚓️Marine Life🐬

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The greatest threat to the manatee population is the potential future loss of warm-water habitats; how sad is that....

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This is a Manatee from Crystal River, Florida isn't she pretty💙

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I am limited to the tropics and subtropics due to an extremely low metabolic rate and lack of a thick layer of insulating body fat. #ISSUES

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I can live in fresh, brackish, and saline water💧