What is Manatee?
Manatee is a large, fine water mammal that has just removed from endangered species through lists of endangered species through efforts to protect, although not all nature conservationists are pleased by this change. Manatee can also be called a sea cow or dugong. They have round faces and large brown eyes, and their tails are assumed that they inspired the idea of sea virgins existing in the waters of the Western Atlantic that inhabits. These are often tourist attractions in Belize and the whole coast and Florida rivers. Several manates live in captivity. The oldest Manatee, Snoot, is located in the Museum in South Florida. He has lived there for more than forty years, but his exact age is unknown. In the wild, manatee, which does not meet premature death, will live for about fifty years, because the animal does not have natural predators. As 2000 pounds (approximately 900 kg). They achieve sexual maturity aged five and nine. Although one would assume a seal or a walrus as a close relative, genetically scientistI believe that Manatee is the most related to the elephant. Surprisingly, Manatee is also associated with Hyrax, a small ground mammal. Like the elephant, Manatee has tusks, beard and long nose, similar to a trunk.
Manatee has hot water, and in the past most of them migrated south into warmer waters as the winter cooled the area of the Atlantic surrounding Florida. Today, Manatees have done an unusual adaptation that allows many of them to stay in one place throughout the year. Power plants near the water tend to warm up the water a lot according to Manatee.
Unfortunately, some of the power plants on which Manatees relied on. But The Manatee is migrated to colder water. Scientists are afraid that Manatee will not be able to re -consider migration and try to find other means for warming water.
In addition to adapted behavior that may risk the life of manates, the two most common causes of MAN death are the two most common causesAtey ingestion of fishing lines and direct collisions with energy boats, the second is the most common. Since Manatees are slow and as some consider, they do not have a large amount of intelligence, often do not have time to get out of the way when the electric boat is approaching quickly.
Although people using motor boats are encouraged not to drive quickly through Manatee water, this warning is often ignored, leaving Manatee with a high risk. The death of a motorboat reduced greater awareness. Until recently, more manates were killed by a boat than they were born every year. Yet more changes need to be saved to save Manatee.
Recent concern is a mass death of more than 200 manates that may be related to chemical pollutants in water. These deaths make up about 10% of the remaining manatee population. Moric biologists and ecologists examine the exact cause of death by testing water waters that are common in some chemicals that caused mass deaths in other seashore populationsH and water mammals.
We hope that these scientists can find better ways to protect and increase the Manatee population. The species has been protected since the 17th century, and yet it seems that these fine creatures that have encountered as many difficulties such as pollution and destruction of habitats do not have to recover to please us with their presence in future years.