Manatee

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Term Paper Title	Manatee
# of Words	336
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	1.34

Manatee

Manatee

     The manatee popularly called the sea cow is any of the species of large
water animals in the genus Trichechus. There are three species of manatee with T.
inunguis found in the Amazon and Orinoco river systems; T. manatus is found in
central Florida and along the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean coasts; and T.
senegalenis found in the rivers of tropical West Africa.  A manatee is a slow
moving, seal shaped mammal that lives in shallow coastal waters where rich plant
grows.  It usually is at home in salt or fresh water but rarely straying far
from home.

     A manatee is grayish-black stout thick skinned animals and almost
hairless.  Its corpulent body tapers to a horizontally flattened, round tail.
The fore limbs are set close to it’s head and are used to push algae, such as
seaweed and other water plants toward their mouths.  They have a small head,
with a straight snout and cleft upper lip with bristly hairs.  Adults can grow
up to 15ft (4.6 meters) but they usually only grow to about 10 feet...

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