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Description. Manatees weigh 400 to 550 kg (880 to 1,210 lb), and average 2.8 to 3.0 m (9 ft 2 in to 9 ft 10 in) in length, sometimes growing to 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) and 1,775 kg (3,913 lb) and females tend to be larger and heavier than males. At birth, baby manatees weigh about 30 kg (66 lb) each.
West Indian manatee. The West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), also known as the North American manatee, is a large, aquatic mammal native to warm coastal areas of the Caribbean, from the Eastern United States to northern Brazil. Living alone or in herds, it feeds on underwater plants and uses its whiskers to navigate.
Manatee conservation. Manatees are large marine mammals that inhabit slow rivers, canals, saltwater bays, estuaries, and coastal areas. They are a migratory species, inhabiting the Florida waters during the winter and moving as far north as Virginia and into the Chesapeake Bay, sometimes seen as far north as Baltimore, Maryland and as far west ...
Manatee County, Florida. Florida. (2020) Manatee County is a county in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 399,710. [ 1 ] Manatee County is part of the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its county seat and largest city is Bradenton. [ 2 ]
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission report, only 431 manatees died across Florida from Jan. 1 to Aug. 25, a decrease over the rest of the year. | Opinion
A critter in a South Florida lake, manmade or otherwise, is not unusual. After all, we’re surrounded by water. Still, the sight of a manatee in a manmade lake in the Cedarwoods community of ...
Blue Spring State Park is a state park located west of Orange City, Florida, in the United States. The park is a popular tourist destination; available activities include canoeing, SCUBA diving, kayaking, fishing, camping, hiking, wildlife watching, and swimming. The spring in the park (Volusia Blue Spring) is the largest on the St. Johns River.
Bradenton (/ ˈbreɪdəntən / BRAY-dən-tən) is a city in and the county seat [ 8 ] of Manatee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city's population is 55,698, up from 49,546 at the 2010 census. It is a principal city in the North Port- Bradenton -Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.