1. Save The Manatee Club Ask Governor Bush to Veto. AntiManatee Legislation. Recently, SB 540 and HB 633, were passed by the Florida Senate and House of Representatives. it more difficult to recover manatees from endangered status and will mean more manatees will be injured or killed http://www.savethemanatee.org/

Ask Governor Bush to Veto Anti-Manatee Legislation Recently, SB 540 and HB 633, were passed by the Florida Senate and House of Representatives. Using both deceptive and malicious strong-arm tactics, the leaders of both the Florida Senate and the House forced numerous legislators to go against their conscience and support changes to the Florida Manatee Sanctuary Act that will both make it more difficult to recover manatees from endangered status and will mean more manatees will be injured or killed. Adopt-A-Manatee for Father's Day and Get a Free Gift! FREE gift options: a pair of cool boxer shorts with a manatee design OR a Club T-shirt. Newborn Manatee Calf Sighted Near Blue Spring June has been exciting month for SMC member, Debra Willis. She lives near Blue Spring State Park and recently sent us photos of a female manatee and her newborn manatee calf. Help Researchers Find Buttons the Manatee SMC and Tradewinds Beverage Company Join Forces The Tradewinds Beverage Company is helping to educate the public about manatees and SMC. The Cincinnati-based firm is featuring the Club's contact information for the Club on their 16-oz. glass bottle caps and on the label of their gallon plastic jugs. Read more... Give a Gift in Memory of a Loved One or for a Special Occasion It's a special way to pay tribute to the memory of a beloved friend, relative or pet or to honor a loved one in times of celebration such as a wedding, birthday or graduation. You will also help protect endangered manatees for future generations.

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3. Manatees A SeaWorld Education Department Resource. Contents. http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/Manatee/home.html

A SeaWorld Education Department Resource Contents Scientific Classification Habitat and Distribution Physical Characteristics Senses ... Index Goals of the SeaWorld Education Department Based on a long-term commitment to education, SeaWorld strives to provide an enthusiastic, imaginative, and intellectually stimulating atmosphere to help students reach their academic potential. Specifically, our goals are... To instill in students of all ages an appreciation for science and a respect for all living creatures and natural environments. To conserve our valuable natural resources by increasing awareness of the interrelationships of humans and the marine environment. To increase students' basic competencies in science and other disciplines. To provide an educational resource for the entire community. "For in the end we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught." - B. Dioum SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Animal Information Database www.seaworld.org

4. Manatees Of Florida: 'The Trouble With Manatees' And 'The Florida Water Story' B manatees of Florida information and conservation efforts in Crystal River, Florida. Courter Films brings you this information packed site on Manatee conservation, as well as top quality THE TROUBLE WITH manatees. AND. THE FLORIDA WATER STORY The largest and only increasing herd of manatees in the United States makes its winter home in Crystal River, Florida http://www.xtalwind.net/~cfa

WELCOME TO THE TROUBLE WITH MANATEES AND THE FLORIDA WATER STORY INFORMATION HOME PAGE Click on the video to get information on how to obtain this exciting educational series! Guest Book Come with us! Visit our friends, the manatees! Manatee Introduction and Background Manatees from the Cradle to the Grave Manatee Anatomy and Eating Habits Manatee Habitat and Water Quality Issues ... Recommended Links TO LEARN ABOUT MANATEES AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT, CLICK ON HOT KEYS IN THE ABOVE PHOTO OR LIST. (We encourage parents and teachers to use this site as an educational resource to explore with their children. To facilitate this, at the end of each section we have provided several "Study Suggestions.") We at Courter Films care about manatees, who are facing total extinction. (Nearly 20% of the world's entire manatee population died in 1996 alone.) We believe in educating our fellow citizens, protecting our environment, and promoting active community and governmental involvement. If all of us come together, we can make a wonderful difference, for our endangered fellow creatures, ourselves, and our world. MORE INFORMATION Welcomed Visitors!

5. SIRENIA; TRICHECHIDAE: Manatees Detailed description of the family Trichechidae and its three members. http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walker/sirenia/sirenia.trichechidae.trichechus.ht

SIRENIA Family TRICHECHIDAE; Genus TRICHECHUS Linnaeus, 1758 Manatees The single Recent genus, Trichechus, contains three species ( Caldwell and Caldwell Domning and Hayek Husar b c Rice T. inunguis (Amazonian manatee), throughout the Amazon Basin of northern South America; T. manatus (West Indian manatee), coastal waters and some connecting rivers from Virginia around the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea to eastern Brazil, Orinoco Basin, Greater and formerly Lesser Antilles, Bahamas; T. senegalensis (West African manatee), coastal waters and connecting rivers from Senegal to Angola, occurs as far as 2,000 km up the Niger River and in tributaries of Lake Chad. The range of T. inunguis sometimes is said to include the Orinoco Basin, but such reports apparently are based on misidentification of T. manatus in the early nineteenth century. It also is unlikely that T. inunguis reaches the waters that connect the Orinoco and Amazon basins. T. inunguis occurs at the mouth of the Amazon on the Atlantic coast, where it may be sympatric with T. manatus

6. Kid's Only Learn about these large animals that live in the water through stories, pictures, and information on how they live and eat. http://www.cep.unep.org/kids/kids.html

Kids Only Illustrated by Mary Beath Written by Kerrie Kuzmier and Jennifer McCann Published by the Center for Marine Conservation 1996 Special Edition produced for the United Nations Environment Programme /Caribbean Environment Programme Text 1990, Center for Marine Conservation / Illustrations 1990,Mary Beath ISBN 1-879269-02-03 Manatees and Dugongs Species and Habitat The West Indian Manatee The Dugong ... There is Hope For Manatees and Dugongs

7. Endangered Jamaican Manatees Features a large online database of facts and details about the species. http://jamaicanmanatee.freeservers.com/

Free Web site hosting - Freeservers.com Web Hosting - GlobalServers.com Choose an ISP NetZero High Speed Internet ... Dial up $14.95 or NetZero Internet Service $9.95 Cop This cool site is all about Jamaica's endangered manatees. In it you'll find a lot of cool facts about these exotic creatures. Get to know manatees and you'll realize that they aren't sea monsters at all, but warm, lovable animals, who couldn't survive without their mamma's loving care! You didn't know that manatees are related to elephants? Well, now you do! Get more cool facts like this (including their link to mermaids) at manatee tidbits . This is education the cool way! Trust us, if you liked 'Free Willy' then you'll definitely love Whoa!!! - Saga of Three Trapped Manatees! Manatee Tidbits Manatee Pics ... Professor Speaks Click here fo r the text only version.

8. Everglades National Park Manatees E V E R G L A D E S N A T I O N A L P A R K. An estimated 2 223 manatees were found in Florida during an aerial survey in January 2000. West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) How do you describe a http://www.nps.gov/ever/eco/manatee.htm

Manatee E V E R G L A D E S N A T I O N A L P A R K An estimated 2,223 manatees were found in Florida during an aerial survey in January 2000. West Indian Manatee ( Trichechus manatus How do you describe a manatee to someone who has never seen one? Their wrinkled, whiskery faces, and big paddle-like tails have led some folks to call them homely. And yet there is an endearing charm to these animals that has fascinated many people who have seen them. The West Indian manatee is a marine mammal that grows to 1,000 pounds and roams U.S. coastal waters from Louisiana to Virginia. Similar to humans, manatees are adapted to the tropics and in winter months must seek warm waters like Florida Bay, where they are often seen by visitors. Manatees pull up and eat the abundant sea grasses and aquatic plants of the bay, consuming 10 to 15 percent of their body weight a day. Their time is divided between eating, resting and playing. They have limited eyesight but good hearing and communicate with one another in squeaks and squeals. Research shows the manatee to be a gentle animal with few enemies. So why are they endangered? Unfortunately, most of their problems are human-related. As our cities expand, their natural habitat is decreased. Added to this problem is the establishment of automatic locks and dams which can harm or kill manatees.

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10. The Official Site Of Brevard County Manatees Baseball And Montreal Expos Spring manateesBaseball.com Home of the Brevard County manatees, a second year SingleA Affiliate of the Montreal Expos, 5/24/04, R, H, E. Blue Jays, 5, 5, 1. manatees, 7, 13, 0. http://www.manateesbaseball.com/

R H E Threshers Manatees W: O'Connor (5-2) L: Sweeney (0-5) S: Searles (2) Click here to unsubscribe June 10, 2004 Space Coast Stadium Threshers vs. Manatees Thu, Jun 10 at 7:05 Promotion Publix Thursdays Pitching Probables Unknown vs. Manatees Pitcher O'Connor, Manatees Shut out Threshers 06/9/04 - VIERA, FL Manatees starter Michael O'Connor pitched six shut out inning and the bullpen of Alex Morales and Jonathan Searles conmbined to hold on as the Manatees shut out the Clearwater Threshers 1-0 Wednesday night at Space Coast Stadium. Shawn Norris hit an RBI single in the first inning that scored Ender Chavez and it was the only run the Manatees pitching staff would need. Chavez went 2-3 including the run scored for Brevard which will look to even the series at two games apiece tomorrow night at The Farm. Tomorrow is Publix Thursday night at SCS. Read More Archived Stories CAN YOU SIGN THIS FOR ME? 06/9/04 - VANVLEETVILLE, FL - Do you ever wonder how some people can expend so much effort trying to get autographs? If you think about it, autographs are extremely weird. It’s just one person trying to get another person to sign his or her name on a piece of paper, a baseball, a t-shirt, a shrunken head, whatever. Read More Archived Stories THRESHERS TAKE OUT MANATEES 4-1 06/8/04 - VIERA,FL The Manatees avoided a near shut out in the bottom of the ninth on an RBI single by Vince Rooi but could not avoid the loss as Threshers took down the Manatees by a score of 4-1 Tuesday night at Space Coast Stadium.

11. The Wonderful World Of The Manatee :: Join The People Who Are Fighting To Keep M Join the people who are fighting to keep manatees from passing into Extinction! Err on the conservative side Numbers don't support reducing protections for manatees Nov 23, 2003 State wildlife panel delays vote on manatees' endangered status - May 28, 2003 http://www.manateeworld.net/

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12. SIRENIA: Manatees, Dugong, And Sea Cow Detailed description of the order and its members from Walker's Mammals of the World by Ronald Nowak. http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walker/sirenia/sirenia.html

Order Sirenia Manatees, Dugong, and Sea Cow This order of aquatic mammals contains two Recent families: Dugongidae for the genera Dugong (dugong, one species) and Hydrodamalis (Steller's sea cow, one species, extinct); and Trichechidae for the single genus Trichechus (manatees, three species). The dugong inhabits coastal regions in the tropical parts of the Old World, but some individuals go into the fresh water of estuaries and up rivers. Steller's sea cow occurred in the Bering Sea, being the only Recent member of this order adapted to cold waters. Manatees live along the coast and in coastal rivers in the southeastern United States, Central America, the West Indies, northern South America, and western Africa. These massive, fusiform (spindle-shaped) animals have paddlelike forelimbs, no hind limbs or dorsal fin, and a tail in the form of a horizontally flattened fin. The adults of the living forms generally are 250-400 cm in length and weigh up to 908 kg. The skin is thick, tough, often wrinkled, and nearly hairless; stiff, thickened vibrissae (tactile hairs) are present around the lips. The head is rounded, the mouth is small, and the muzzle is abruptly cut off. The nostrils, which are valvular and separate, are located on the upper surface of the muzzle. The eyelids, though small, are capable of contraction, and a well-developed nictitating membrane is present. An external ear flap is lacking. The neck is short. The females have two pectoral mammae, one on each side in the axilla behind the flipper. The testes in males are abdominal (borne permanently within the abdomen).

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14. Animal Bytes - Manatee manatees. manatees average 3 m (10 ft.) and 363 to 544 kg (800–1,200 lb.). manatees have paddlelike tails and foreflippers, and no hind limbs. http://www.seaworld.org/AnimalBytes/manateeab.html

manatees Manatees belong to the mammalian order Sirenia. There are three species of manatee: Trichechus inunguis , the Amazonian manatee; Trichechus senegalensis , the West African manatee; and Trichechus manatus , the West Indian manatee. Scientists also recognize two subspecies of West Indian manatee: T.m. latirostris , the Florida manatee, and T.m manatus, All manatees inhabit tropical and subtropical waters of North and South America and Africa. The West Indian and West African manatees live in rivers, bays, estuaries, and coastal areas. They can move freely between freshwater and saltwater habitats. The Amazonian manatee is restricted to the freshwater Amazon basin. More information about manatees Return to Animal Bytes SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Animal Information Database www.seaworld.org www.buschgardens.org © 1998 by Busch Gardens, Inc. Permission is granted by Busch Gardens for classroom teachers to make reprographic copies of worksheets for noncommercial use. This permission does not extend to copying for promotional purposes, creating new collective works, or resale. For more information write or call the Busch Gardens Education Department.

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16. Manatee Facts West Indian manatees are large, gray aquatic mammals with bodies that taper to a flat, paddleshaped tail. manatees are a migratory species....... http://www.savethemanatee.org/manfcts.htm

West Indian Manatee Facts Description: West Indian manatees are large, gray aquatic mammals with bodies that taper to a flat, paddle-shaped tail. They have two forelimbs, called flippers, with three to four nails. Their head and face are wrinkled with whiskers on the snout. The manatee's closest land relatives are the elephant and the hyrax, a small, gopher-sized mammal. Manatees are believed to have evolved from a wading, plant-eating animal. The West Indian manatee is related to the West African manatee, the Amazonian manatee, the dugong, and to the Steller's sea cow, which was hunted to extinction in 1768. The average adult manatee is about three meters (9.8 feet) long and weighs between 362-544 kilograms (800-1,200 pounds). Habitat and Range: Manatees can be found in shallow, slow-moving rivers, estuaries, saltwater bays, canals and coastal areas. Manatees are a migratory species. Within the United States, West Indian manatees are concentrated in Florida in the winter, but they can be found in summer months as far west as Texas and as far north as Virginia. However, these sightings are rare. Summer sightings in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina are common. West Indian manatees can also be found in the coastal and inland waterways of Central America and along the northern coast of South America, although distribution in these areas may be spotty. Behavior Manatees are gentle and slow-moving. Most of their time is spent eating, resting, and in travel. Manatees are completely herbivorous. They eat aquatic plants and can consume 10-15% of their body weight daily in vegetation. They graze for food along water bottoms and on the surface. They may rest submerged at the bottom or just below the surface, coming up to breathe on the average of every three to five minutes. When manatees are using a great deal of energy, they may surface to breathe as often as every 30 seconds. When resting, manatees have been known to stay submerged for up to 20 minutes.

17. "'The Trouble With Manatees' And 'The Florida Water Story'" Does the decline in water quality also affect the manatees, and if so, how? In 199596, nearly 400 manatees (about 20% of the Florida http://www.xtalwind.net/~cfa/3habitat.htm

Historically, the Crystal River waters were famous for their crystal-clear quality, but decreasing visibility in recent years is a frustrating factor for snorkelers, divers, and especially photographers. Does the decline in water quality also affect the manatees, and if so, how? In 1995-96, nearly 400 manatees (about 20% of the Florida population) died from exposure to red tide, a toxic algae bloom that occurs naturally in the Gulf of Mexico, and to which manatees have been exposed for many years. Why was the red tide so devastating this time? Some scientists believe that the blooms are more concentrated due to increasing levels of pollution in Florida's coastal waters, and that pollution factors may also reduce the manatees natural level of resistance to disease. Also, continuing constructrion and development in coastal areas, loss of wetland habitat, which filters surface water runoff (which had previously reduced pollution to coastal waters), and the resulting contamination and loss of the coastal grasses which are the manatee's food supply, all contribute to forcing manatees into ever-shrinking ranges. The steadily increasing populations of manatees in the Crystal River area is related to all of these factors, and is a suitable cause for alarm as we see the quality of the Crystal River environment declining quickly.

18. Miami Manatees Official website. Team news, roster, photos, downloads, message board, team store. http://www.miamimanatees.com/

19. Florida Marine Research Institute Manatee Information Understand more about manatees and ways you may be able to help them. Meet some of the individual manatees our scientists have studied http://www.floridamarine.org/features?id=1001

20. All About Florida Manatees!! Brief information on Florida manatees and viewing the them in Central Florida. http://www.geocities.com/manateecondo/about.htm

Condo Home Page Condo Photos Condo Availability Condo Maps ... About the Manatee (Manatee as seen from inside the floating observatory at nearby Homosassa Springs State Wildlife Park.) The manatee has a large, seal-like body that tapers to a spatulate tail. It has two forelimbs with three or four nails on each limb. The skin is wrinkled with stiff whiskers on its upper lip. The manatee is gray or gray-brown. The mammal can grow to 13 feet and weigh more than 3,000 pounds. The manatees are gentle and slow moving. Most of their time is spent eating aquatic plants, resting or just traveling. They are completely harmless, shy and have no system of defense. Click on ball to hear a Manatee! T he often shy and reclusive manatee has a rather limited depth perception, although it can differentiate colors quite well. In spite of the absence of external ear lobes, the animal can hear very well and communicate in sounds that are within the human auditory range. The manatee must surface every few minutes to breathe. The habitat includes shallow, slow moving rivers and coastal areas rich in seagrass beds. The manatee eats only aquatic plants and can eat daily 10 to 15 percent of its own body weight.

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