manatee

How To Use manatee In A Sentence

• Tell the class that early explorers in Florida thought manatees were either mermaids or monsters.
• Manatees live in shallow waters - slow-moving rivers, estuaries, saltwater bays, canals and coastal areas, especially where seagrass beds flourish.
• The presence of the manatee and the hippopotamus in the lower levels of the stratigraphic profile at the Ogoloma site is also significant.
• Manatees usually stay submerged for about two minutes before surfacing to breathe air.
• Of special interest to me right now are the dinosaurs of the British Wealden (of course), the intriguing tie-ins between Wealden fossil collectors, Conan Doyle's Lost World and the Piltdown fiasco, convergence between different fossorial tetrapods, manatee evolution, and British big cats (yes, really). Archive 2006-01-01
• Their only vegetable food is what they obtain from the palm-trees, and they subsist generally on turtle, tortoises, and the flesh of the manatee or cowfish, and other fish, which they spear or take with nets. The Three Lieutenants
• In recent years, Florida boaters have had to comply with a proliferation of no-wake zones and manatee sanctuaries.
• A total of 699 manatees were found dead between Jan. 1 and Dec. 5; state officials say it's likely the cold temperatures also contributed to many of the 203 deaths in the "undetermined" category and the 68 deaths of manatees whose bodies could not be recovered. Manatees Flock To Power Plants To Escape Cold Water
• Not only were these people swimming with about two dozen manatees, but they were also rubbing the manatees' bellies and backs.
• The order Sirenia is composed of manatees and dugongs, and the order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises.