Amazing Rainforest Animals

Manatee


	The Manatee by Mandy Richard I dreamed I was a gigantic and gentle manatee on an Amazon adventure Swimming around and munching on plants constantly

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The Amazing Rainforest Animals collection of rainforest animal pictures, wingsparks, and resource links is a site developed by EDAF 4507 and EDAF 5880 classes at the College of Education at Louisiana State University during the spring of 1998.

Manatee developers: Contents: Mandy Richard Webmaster: Thomas Pitchford

L inks to other sites with information about the manatee.

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Interesting facts about the manatee

Manatees have no known natural enemies. Their only defense mechanism is to swim away when threatened.
"Sea cows," as they are also known, consume 10 to 15 percent of their body weight in vegetation daily.
The U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 included sea cows and declared a moritorium on hunting them within United States waters.