53 New Science for Protecting Manatees New Science for Protecting Manatees Animals  (tags: animals, manatees, sea cows, marine mammals, science, wildanimals, wildlife, endangered, conservation, environment, protection, animalwelfare ) Yrna - 844 days ago - ecointeractivevacations.com Manatees and dugongs are marine mammals of the order Sirenia.They originated in the middle Eocene period around 45 to 50 million years ago.They are gentle, plant-eating herbivores sometimes nicknamed "sea cows".The name manatee comes from the Haitian word add comment send green star

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