Manatees: The Cows of the Sea

Manatee and manatee are different creatures in the sea. They not only swim slowly and awkward, but often have a rather awkward appearance to accompany this behavior. A lot of people have heard of these majestic marine mammals, but few people know everything about them. There are mainly three types of manatees. Manatei of West Africa, Manatee of Amazon and Manatee of West India. West Indian manatees themselves can be divided into subspecies, Americas, Antilles, Caribbean, North America and Florida manatees.

Manatee is a large marine mammal with an egg-shaped head, ankle and flat tail. Manatee is also called manatee. Due to its tall body, the name tends to be eaten by other animals, very lazy, lazy, lazy. But despite this name, they are more closely related to the elephant. It looks like a clumsy creature, but manatees can swim quickly and gracefully. The size of the manatee is 8 to 13 feet (2.4 to 4 meters), and the weight is 440 to 1,300 pounds. (200 - 590 kg) They have a big and strong tail that moves swimming. According to National Geographic magazine, the manatee usually swims at a speed of 5 miles per hour (8 km / h), but when you feel the need for speed you can speed up to 15 miles per hour (24 km / h) I will. Speed ​​swimming.

Manatee and manatee are different creatures in the sea. They not only swim slowly and awkward, but often have a rather awkward appearance to accompany this behavior. A lot of people have heard of these majestic marine mammals, but few people know everything about them. There are mainly three types of manatees. Manatei of West Africa, Manatee of Amazon and Manatee of West India.

It is sometimes called "manatee" because it is eating aquatic plants, West Indian manatee is one of four types of aquatic mammals ordered by Sirenia. There are two variants of western Indian manatee: Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) and Antilles Manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus). There are many things in common between these two. They are usually gray, but black to light brown is possible. The wrinkled skin covers the hair sparsely and is occasionally decorated with algae and barnacles. They have large, heavy, sealed bodies with pairs of flippers and round paddle tails. They have wrinkles on their faces and have beards. Their upper lip is flexible and separated and used to pass food through the mouth.