Manatees

 ** //Manatee Menu-// ** //Appetizers// //Small Fish W/ side of Ice Water- $2.00// //Medium Fish W/ Side of Leaves- $3.00// //Large Fish W/ Side of Ranch- $4.00// //Soups// //Sea Weed W/ Side of Small Fish- $3.00// //Kelp W/ Side of Hot Acorns- $4.00// //Leaf W/ Side of Crackers- $2.00// //Grass W/ Side of Crackers- $1.00// //Food All Time Around// //Sea Weed Salad W/ Extra Leaves W/ Ranch and Croutons- $4.00// //Kelp Salad W/ Side of Croutons- $5.00// //Leaves Salad W/ Ranch-$1.00// //Fresh Groan Grass W/ Side of A Small Fish- $.50// //Hot Red Mangrove Seedlings W/ Side of Kelp Salad and Water Hyacinths- $5.00// //Sea Schoal Grass W/ Side of Sea Weed- $2.00// //Water Hyacinths W/ Side of Sea Weed Shake- $4.00// //Hot Acorns W/ A Side Salad- $2.00// //Drinks// //Sea Weed Shake W/ A Acorn and Leave Chunks - $4.00// //Salt Water W/ Ice Cubes- $0.25// //Fresh Water W/ Ice Cubes- $0.25// //Acorn Shake W/ Whip Cream and Cherries- $5.00//

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Interview with Fred-   Welcome ladies and gentle men boys and girls this is Animal Planet! Today we are having an Interview with Fred the Manatee on Dr. Octorpus. Or known as D.O.I am your host Dr. Octorpus.  Dr.: So Fred thank you for your time here on A.P.I.  Fred: Well you’re so welcome Dr.  Dr.: Fred are you on the endangered species list? Becaue one of my friends told me that you were on the endangered species list and I want to know if you are. Fred: Yes, well we are on the endangered species list. We usually get in water crafts collisions. So it is pretty sad. But now they have signs in the ocean that say "Warning Manatee Swimming" so it helps us a bit more. Dr.: Well do you like being related to a land lover? It is an elephant and a hyrax. Fred: I kind of do but it is sometimes hard to look up to them because I never saw them ever in my life. I would swim to Africa if I could swim that long to see an elephant. Dr.: Do you get mad when people mistake you as a walrus? Fred: Yes I do get mad because we like being named our names. Also we DON'T have big fat teeth sticking out of our mouths. Dr.: What kind of habitat do manatees live in? Fred: We like warm waters in the __ shallow, marshy coastal areas and rivers of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. Dr.: What is your usual meals that you eat? Fred: We eat a lot of sea weed. We are also known to eat small amount of fish. But I am a veggie kind of manatee. Dr.: What kind of water do you like to live and swim around in? My sister said ONLY salt but I think you could live in both. So, do you live in ONLY salt or fresh and salt water?  Fred: We can live in salt and fresh waters. In the summers I usually go to the fresh water because it is too hot in Florida for me. Fresh water feels good on my body it is about 70 degrees in Tennessee. I always go there.  <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">Dr.: I heard that you manatees don't dive usually dive farther than 7 or 8 feet. Why is that? <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">Dr.: So Fred do you have any predators? <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">Fred: Well our predators are alligators and water crafts. I hate water crafts so much! <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">Fred: Well we just like shallow waters that's why. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">Dr.: This should be the last question. How fast do you guys swim? I heard in short bursts sometimes 20 m.p.h. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">Fred: Yes on average we swim about 3-5 miles per hour, also we swim in short bursts to 20 Miles per hour. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">Dr.: Thank you for your time Fred Dugong. Bye Bye! See you tomorrow on Dr. Octorpus! <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">Fred: You’re welcome! Bye! Bye everyone! <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">

<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">Dear Claudia the Clouded Leopard, <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">Thank you for being my pen-pal. So, I would like to ask you some questions about yourself. What type of food d you like to eat? What kind of color is your fur? Are you a land mammal or a water mammal? What country do you live in? What is your favorite food? Is your kind of species endangered? Do you have a scientific name? Are you being hunted for skin or meat? <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">Here are some things about myself. My name is Fred Dugong. I live in Florida. My favorite food is sea weed. It is so delicious and nutritious for my body. I am grayish brownish in color. I live in salt water and I'm soon going on an adventure to Africa. I am going to Africa because my relative Ellie the elephant wants me to come see her because it's her birthday party! I swim really slow, I swim 3 miles per hour. I am 10 feet long. I have barely any enemies except boats. I already got in a crash and survived I have 15 scratches on my back. I am soon also going to China after I go to Africa I will go straight from Africa. I am on the endangered species list. I am a mammal. I have go up every 5-20 minutes for a breath. I am moving really soon when it becomes summer I am moving to Tennessee in the fresh water. It is way too hot in Florida to stay there. My favorite water to swim in is fresh water because you don't have to have salt in your mouth and your eyes. I am only a herbivore. Here is a picture of me. Bye. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">Sincerely, <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">Fred Dugong <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">

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grip food.** || **Give birth to every 3-5 years.** || **Like shallow, marshy costal areas and rivers of the Caribean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.** || **The deepest an individual has been seen diving is 33 ft.** || **Are hunted for there meat from hunters.** || **Are gentle and slow moving.** || **They are herbivores.** || **Have few enemies besides alligators and man.** || **Are usually in groups of 15-20.** || **Have four kinds of species that are called, West Indian Manatee, Amazonian Manatee, West African Manatee, and the Dwarf Manatee.** ||
 * ===Physical characteristics=== || ===Life Cycle=== || ===Growth=== || ===Body Functions=== || ===Pregnancy & Birth=== || ===Location / Habitat=== || ===Adaption=== || ===Problems=== || ===Behavior=== || ===Diet=== || ===Predators / Prey=== || ===Family groups=== || ===Relatives=== ||
 * **Their length is 9-10 feet.** || **Live up to 60 years.** || **Their length is 9-10 feet.** || **Their lips
 * **Females are larger than male.** || **Calves are mature at 3-4 years old.** || **Calves are 3-4 ft. long.** || **Comunicate by clicks and chirps.** || **When calves are born weigh 60-70 pounds.** || **Spend most of their time in shallow waters the depth of 3-7 feet.** || **On average they swim about 3-5 m.p.h.** || **CAN'T __get harmed.(it's the__ LAW!)** || **They comunicate under water by squealing there emotcions.** || **Eat over 60 kinds of plants.** || **Water Crafts.** || **Have four kinds of species that are called, West Indian Manatee, Amazonian Manatee, West African Manatee, and the Dwarf Manatee.** || **Relative of an elephant** ||
 * **Weigh 900-1,200 lbs.** || **Can live in captivity.** ||  || **Have flexible limbs.** || **When calves are born are 3-4 feet long.** || **Can live in fresh and sea water.** || **Comunicate by clicks and chirps.** || **Have few enemies besides alligators and man.** || **Not very social.** || **Been known to eat small amounts of fish from nets.** || **Crocodiles**. ||   || **Are related to the hyrax.** ||
 * **Have hairless skin.** || **Reproduce at 5-9 years.** ||  || **At the end of each flipper have 3 or 4 fingernails.** || **Twins are rare for a manatee.** || **Barely ever seen in water below 68 degrees.** ||   || **Have been killed for flesh.** || **Can squeal and squeak.** || **10-15% is vegetation. (in there body)** || **Are endangered.** ||   ||   ||
 * **Are grayish brown in color.** ||  ||   || **Flippers can be used for hands to eat.** || **Calves born under water.** || **Found in warm waters.** ||   || **Water Crafts.** ||   || **Eat 10-15% a day.** || **CAN'T __get harmed.(it's the__ LAW!)** ||   ||
 * **.****Have a forked tale like a dolphin or a whale** **.** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || **Are endangered.** ||   || **Eats 50kg per day.** ||   ||   ||

Wikipedia: [|wikipedia] __1.) They swim about 5km to km an hour. 2.) There name differs to Dugongs. 3.)Have a forked tale like a dolphin or a whale__** __**.** 5.) Spend most of their time in shallow waters the depth of 3-7 feet. 6.) Weigh 900-1,200 lbs. 7.) Their length is 9-10 feet. 8.) Females are larger than male. 9.) Females are heavier than males. 10.) On average a baby manatee weighs 30kg. 11.) On average they swim about 3-5 m.p.h. 12.) Have been known to swim up to 20 m.p.h in short bursts though. 13.) Like shallow, marshy costal areas and rivers of the Caribean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. 14.) Have four kinds of species that are called, West Indian Manatee, Amazonian Manatee, West African Manatee, and the Dwarf Manatee. 15.) Half of their day is spent sleeping in water. 16.) Has to go up in the air for 20 min. 17.) Live up to 60 years. 18.) Eat over 60 kinds of plants.** 20.) Been known to eat small amounts of fish from nets. Save the Manatees website:[|Save the Manatees Club] 21.) Are gentle and slow moving. 22.) Most time is eating, resting, and in traveling to different places. 23.) 10-15% is vegetation. (in there body) 24.) Have no enimies. 25.)**__ **CAN'T __get harmed.(it's the__ LAW!) __26.) Female manatees don't have a child till five years with the male manatee. 27.) On average one calf is born every 2-5 years. 28.) Twins are rare for a manatee. 29.) Mothers nurse there young for 1-2 years. 30.) A calf is dependent on the mothers for that time. Florida Manatee:[|Florida Manatee Defenders]__** __**31.) The largest population of manatees is in Florida of over 3,00 indivuals. 32.) Relative of an elephant. 33.) Are grayish brown in color. 33.) Have thick flippers for steering and going in shallow water. 34.) Can see and hear very well. 35.) Found in warm waters. 36.) Barely ever seen in water below 68 degrees. 37.) When they play they body surf and barrel r****oll. 38.) They comunicate under water by squealing there emotcions. 39.) Have no specific time to mate. 40.) When calves are born weigh 60-70 pounds. 41.) When calves are born are 3-4 feet long. 42.) Calves get nursed under water. 43.) Most manatee deaths are from boat strikes.**__ 44.)Are very curious animals. 45.) Are hunted for there meat from hunters. 46.) They are on the threatened speicies list. 47.) Have a little trunk. 48.) Have whiskers. 49.) When they go up to breath they only lift up there nostrolls.** 50.) Have split lips. 51.) Also called a sea cow. 52.) Have hairless skin. 53.) Flippers can be used for hands to eat. 54.) No front teeth. 55.) Have 6 neck vertabrae. 56.) Are usually in groups of 15-20. 57.) Every 5-10 minute need a breath. 58.) Are active any hour. 59.) Feed mainly at night. 60.) Their lips grip food.** 62.) Large apities. 63.) Male nuzzles female.** 65.) Calves are born underwater. 66.) Calves are mature at 2-3 years of age. 67.) Have few enemies besides alligators and man. 68.) Have been killed for flesh. 69.) Were mistaken for mermaids by Christopher Columbos. The Manatee by Alvin, Virginia, and Robert Silverstein and Laura Silverstein Nunn Copyright in: 1995 70.) Have high pitch noises. 71.)Hunting was a small danger for manatees. 72.) Can live in fresh and sea water. 73.) Has whiskers on snout.** 75.) Have smooth skin. 76.) Are endangered. 77.) Not social. 78.) Kids are called calves. 79.) Eat food from bottom. [|The Manatee Website]** 81.) Body built for underwater. 82.) Have a trunk for air and eating. 83.) Loosing habitat so it's making them enda****ngered. 84.) Mothers nurse up to two years. 85.) Don't have another child till 5 years. 86.) Eat 10-15% a day. 87.) Have bodies that taper to a flat. 88.) When have a lot of energy they go up for air every 10 seconds. 89.) Are related to the elephants and the hyrax. [|The Wild Ones Animal Index] 90.) Look like a walrus. 91.) Comunicate by clicks and chirps. 92.) Don't have have blubber. 93.) They need warm water to keep a live. 94.) Swim 3-5 miles per hour. 95.) Is a mammal. 96.) Are slow at reproducing. 97.) There is a small bond between the cow and the calf. 98.) Give birth to every 3-5 years.** 100.)** **Have flexible limbs.**
 * 100 Facts about Manatees
 * 4.) They are herbivores.
 * 19.) Eats 50kg per day.
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 * The Book: Funk and Wagnails Wild Life Encylopedia 11 copyright i****n
 * 61.) Will pluck leaves from land for food.
 * 64.) Mating takes place in April and August.
 * 74.) At the end of each flipper have 3 or 4 fingernails.
 * 80.) There are 2,600 Indian left in the U.S.
 * 99.) Comunication is important between the calf and her calf.