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The number of manatees needing intervention is likely to rise as the number of warm water habitats decrease due to declining spring discharges and retirement of power plants. [98] Common treatment therapies for manatee cold stress syndrome can include warm clean water, antibiotics, rehydration, enemas and mineral oil for constipation and ...
Everyone likes manatees. Except, perhaps, for whoever scraped "TRUMP" into a manatee in 2020. Manatee populations have recovered significantly over the last few decades, after hunting and habitat ...
Manatees (/ ˈ m æ n ə t iː z /, family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows.There are three accepted living species of Trichechidae, representing three of the four living species in the order Sirenia: the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis), the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), and the West ...
The article already states that the manatee is a marine mammal - in the first sentence, no less - and the manatee is, indeed, fully aquatic, so we can't change that bit. Anaxial ( talk ) 21:53, 18 December 2011 (UTC) [ reply ]
But let’s not take our eyes off what is truly hurting manatees in Florida: widespread water quality degradation. Over the past two years, we’ve lost 26% of Florida’s manatee population.
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The seasonal distribution of the West Indian manatee varies with water temperatures. Temperatures below approximately 20 °C (68 °F) increase the risk of cold-induced stress or mortality for manatees. [11] [25] Consequently, Florida manatees seek out warm-water refuges during the winter, concentrated primarily along the Florida peninsula. [26]
Nacogdoches (/ ˌ n æ k ə ˈ d oʊ tʃ ɪ s / ⓘ NAK-ə-DOH-chis) is a city in East Texas and the county seat of Nacogdoches County, Texas, [6] United States. The 2020 U.S. census recorded the city's population at 32,147. [7] Stephen F. Austin State University is located in Nacogdoches and specializes in forestry and agriculture. Nacogdoches ...