According to a new study, the Amazonian manatee is a seed disperser; a researcher found germinating grasses in its feces. The discovery was made in Lake Amanã, in the Amazon, where 96 samples of ...

The first manatee to be flown to the Panama Canal was not from the Caribbean, as planned. It was a nonnative male Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) from Peru. Nine other manatees were ...

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Manatees are some of our favorite animals and these manatee facts prove why! They have such a peaceful and calm nature, they ...