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The Florida manatee is a subspecies of the West Indian manatee.
Article Courtesy of: Marine Mammal Commission The Florida manatee, a subspecies of the West Indian manatee, is a large, slow-moving marine mammal with an elongated, round body and paddle-shaped flippers and tail. Manatees are herbivores, feeding solely on seagrass, algae and other vegetation in freshwater and estuarine systems in the southeastern United States. Florida manatees […]
Pollution Killing Manatees
ARTICLE COURTESY OF: Florida Phoenix ~ MICHAEL MOLINE Environmentalists threaten EPA with lawsuit over the pollution killing manatees. Nitrogen and phosphorus discharges endanger their food source. An environmentalist coalition has served notice of its intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unless it intervenes with state regulators to halt the release of pollutants into […]
Manatees Starve
Manatees starve to death on Florida coast Article courtesy of FOX 35 Orlando – Associated Press Manatees are starving: Manatees have starved to death by the hundreds along Florida’s east coast because algae blooms and contaminants are killing the seagrass the beloved sea mammals eat, a wildlife official told a House committee Tuesday. Seagrass has […]