The Florida Manatee population is greatly impacted by seagrass loss. They consume about 100 pounds of seagrass a day, and this staple food is now scarce. Nearly 2,000 of them died in the last two years, most from starvation. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #ManateeMonday
π Happy Monday from Pippen the rescued manatee! We are 1 of 2 U.S. Zoos outside of FL that participate in the Manatee Rescue & Rehab Partnership. Pippen will be released back to FL waters as soon as he's big and strong enough! #MondayMood #MondayMotivation #ManateeMonday
Monday morning calls for Manatees. A mum and baby cruising by at Silver Springs State Park, FL. #manatees #manateemonday #silversprings #floridasprings #sirenia
Even though manatees have the lowest brain-to-body ratio of any marine mammal, a study found that manatees are as adept at experimental tasks as dolphins, one of the smartest animals on the planet. #ManateeMonday
McVitie the Manatee is back at CIE HQ to learn about Infographics from our expert @tyajoon He looks worried but only because he's a land manatee and forgot to bring an umbrella to work today! #ManateeMonday #BiscuitClub
Today's #ManateeMonday I want to dedicate to my dugong friend Marium who died from eating plastic debris. Humans, this one's on you.
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Hope you have been enjoying this #ManateeMonday !
Have a great week from your friends at AuthenticFlorida.com. π₯°
Manatees love to graze on seagrass and algae, but too often their diet includes something else - plastic.
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Manatees have been found to consume plastic bags and other types of plastic, which can be deadly to them. This #ManateeMonday , symbolically adopt a manatee to support Ocea
Happy #ManateeMonday ! Quilliam the Cape porcupine took a walk to visit the manatees Pippin and Truffleshuffle while the Zoo is closed! #mondaymotivation
Getting ready for UNSW Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences marine science class on feeding in the marine system!
Here is one of the few vegetarian marine mammals that our professor Tracey Rogers talks about in her lecture!
Celebrating #manateemonday with #marevs19 UNSW Science
Thousands of acres of seagrass in Florida have died as water quality declines, due to fertilizer runoff, wastewater discharges, and polluted water runoff, that has caused harmful algal blooms (HABs) and left manatees without adequate food. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #ManateeMonday
Sometimes I see me as an old manatee, heading south as the waters get colder
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