1. Save The Manatee Club A membershipbased, national nonprofit organization in through which the public can participate in conservation efforts to save endangered manatees from extinction. http://www.savethemanatee.org/

Join us on: Swimming with Manatees in Crystal River Our View See a Video Message from Jimmy Buffett ... Meet a Manatee: Flicker This holiday season, adopt a real manatee for someone you love for just $25. And if you adopt at $35 or more, you'll also get our free 30th Anniversary calendar! Record Mortality in 2010 Through September 30th, 656 manatees have been confirmed dead in the state of Florida, representing nearly 13% of the species’ estimated minimum population. This far surpasses the record of 429 deaths set in 2009. November is Manatee Awareness Month See the proclamation from Governor Crist. Discover more about our favorite aquatic mammals. Get info on manatee viewing areas . Learn what to do if you spot an injured manatee. Spot a Manatee Call Immediately Holiday PSAs Available If you have an upcoming newspaper or print publication, please consider the donation of space for one of our public service advertisements for the holiday season. Kayak to See Manatees View manatees without disrupting their natural behavior. Through April 2011, take a kayak tour to see manatees in Crystal River, Florida. Beginners welcome! Site Index Contact Us Interactive services provided as a community service by NetPass, an Orlando, Florida web design, web development, database programming,

2. Florida Manatee Facts And Video - Trichechus Manatus Latirostrus - Defenders Of Get the facts on Manatee. manatees are threatened by destruction and degradation of their coastal and freshwater habitat. Take action and help save manatees. http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/manatee.php

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Home Area Accommodations Helpful Links Reservations: 5 AM - 10 PM (Eastern Time) Florida manatee tours conducted 7 days a week, year round in Crystal River and Homossasa Tour C is now offering a FREE Hotel Room. Ask Captain Mike for details! Celebrating our 10th year of exceptional service! ABOUT US MANATEE TOURS SCALLOPING TOURS FAQ’S MANATEE FACTS AIRBOAT RIDES ... CONTACT US Sunshine River Tours matches all prices AND exceeds amenities and qualities of other Manatee Tours Top Reasons To Choose Sunshine River Tours Tour A - Crystal River Manatee Tour Swim with manatees in the Crystal River , the highest concentration of manatees worldwide. OUR SPRING, SUMMER AND FALL TOUR. 7 AM Tour B - Homosassa Springs Tour Our most exciting, popular and highly rated manatee tour . Shallower water makes this an ideal tour for children of all ages. Call for tour times. THIS TOUR IS OUR WINTER TOUR Tour C - Our 1st Class Manatee Tour! Private manatee tour from 2-6 guests. Enclosed Houseboat, heated in Winter . Swimming with manatees in several springs. Continental Breakfast, snacks, beverages.

4. Manatee - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia manatees (family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows. There are three accepted living http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manatee

Manatee From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search For other uses, see Manatee (disambiguation) Manatee Antillean manatee Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Sirenia Family: Trichechidae Gill Genus: Trichechus Linnaeus Species Trichechus inunguis Trichechus manatus ... Trichechus "pygmaeus" (validity questionable) Manatees family Trichechidae genus Trichechus ) are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows . There are three accepted living species of Trichechidae, representing three of the four living species in the order Sirenia : the Amazonian manatee Trichechus inunguis ), the West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus ), and the West African manatee Trichechus senegalensis manatí comes from the Taíno , a pre-Columbian people of the Caribbean , meaning "breast". Contents Taxonomy Description Life history Swimming ... edit Taxonomy Manatees comprise three of the four living species in the order Sirenia . The 4th is the Eastern Hemisphere 's dugong . The Sirenia are thought to have evolved from four-legged land mammals over 60 million years ago, with the closest living relatives being the

5. Animal Info - American Manatee manatees also forage opportunistically on floating food items such as acorns. (Eisenberg Redford 1999, US Fish Wildl. Serv. 1993a) An average American manatee eats http://www.animalinfo.org/species/tricmana.htm

Animal Info - Endangered Animals Animal Info - American Manatee (Other Names: Caribbean Manatee, Lamantin d'Amérique du Nord, Lamantin des Antilles, Lamantin des Caraïbes, Lamantine, Lamantino Norteamericana, Manatí, Manatí Norteamericano, North American Manatee, Peixe-boi, Peixe-Boi-Marinho, Sea Cow, Sekoe, Vaca Marina, West Indian Manatee) Trichechus manatus Status Vulnerable Contents Profile Picture Tidbits Status and Trends ... References Profile Pictures: American Manatee #1 (56 Kb GIF) Wildl. Trust American Manatee #2 (112 Kb JPEG) The American manatee is a large, cylindrically shaped mammal, with forelimbs modified into flippers, no free hindlimbs, and the rear of the body in the form of a flat, rounded, horizontal paddle. It may reach a length of up to 4.6 m (15') and a weight of up to 1,650 kg (3,630 lb). A manatee vaguely resembles a walrus without the tusks. Its skin is gray, wrinkled, and rubber-like. The gray color of the skin is often obscured by algal growth, barnacles or other incrustations on the skin. The manatee's body is covered with sparse hairs, and its lips are covered with bristles. Its flexible flippers are used to help it move along the bottom of its habitat and for scratching, touching and even embracing other manatees. Its upper lip is deeply divided by a vertical cleft. The manatee can move each side of the upper lip independently while feeding. It uses this flexible upper lip, together with its forelimbs, to manipulate food into its mouth. The American manatee occurs in coastal waters and slow-moving rivers with a salinity ranging from saltwater to freshwater and with a depth usually from 1.5 - 6 m (5 - 20'). It seems to prefer water temperatures above about 20 deg C (68 deg F). The American manatee feeds opportunistically on a wide variety of submerged, floating, and emergent vegetation, including submerged rooted sea grasses, emergent

6. MANATEE - Photographs And Images Of Manatees - Photo Gallery Lists information about manatees. Information includes but is not limited to behavior, description, and size. http://www.homesafe.com/manatee/photographs/

7. Manatee Facts West Indian manatees are large, gray aquatic mammals with bodies that taper to a flat, paddleshaped tail. They have two forelimbs, called flippers, with three to...... http://www.savethemanatee.org/manfcts.htm

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 on each flipper. Their head and face are wrinkled with whiskers on the snout. The manatee's closest 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 Steller's sea cow, which was hunted to extinction in 1768. The average adult manatee is about 10 feet long and weighs between 800 and 1,200 pounds. Habitat and Range: Behavior Manatees are gentle and slow-moving animals. Most of their time is spent eating, resting, and traveling. Manatees are completely herbivorous. They eat a large variety of submerged, emergent, and floating plants and can consume 10-15% of their body weight in vegetation daily. Because they are mammals, they must surface to breathe air. They may rest submerged at the bottom or just below the surface of the water, coming up to breathe on an 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. Manatees can swim up to 20 miles per hour in short bursts, but they usually only swim about three to five miles per hour.

8. DragonflyTV . Episodes . Living Things . Manatees | PBS KIDS GO! Use this manatee investigation as a science fair project idea for your elementary or middle school science fair! Then tell us about it! http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/show/manatees.html

9. The Magnificent Manatee stunning sirenians manatees on the Web ANATEES. Phylum Chordata Class Mammalia Order Sirenia Family Trichechidae http://www.manatees.net/

M ANATEES Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Sirenia Family: Trichechidae Species: Amazonian Manatee - Trichechus inunguis West African Manatee - Trichechus senagalensis West Indian Manatee - Trichechus manatus Sub-Species: Florida Manatee - Trichechus manatus latirostris Antillian Manatee - Trichechus manatus manatus Related Family: Dugongidae (Arctic Sea Cows - extinct - and Dugongs) 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 manati . Today, their closest living relatives are elephants [Proboscideans], hyraxes [Hyracoidea] and aardvarks [Tubulidentata]. Manatees are classified as [sub-]ungulates, even though they live in the water. Their thick-skinned, streamlined, almost hairless bodies have forelimbs modified into flippers. The tail is enlarged and horizontally-flattened. Manatees are now quite rare. Perhaps only 2,500 are left in the USA. In ancient times, sailors mistook them for mermaids or sirens on account of their long tails. Today, they often bear scars on account of their collisions with boats, a major hazard. Manatees spend most of their time feeding, resting or travelling. They prefer shallow saltwater bays, slow-moving rivers, canals, estuaries and coastal waters. Manatees are quite agile creatures. A manatee uses its flippers and tail to steer itself. It moves its tail up and down to propel its body forward through the water. Manatees can swim vertically and upside down; they can do rolls and perform aquatic somersaults. Their extra-dense bones enable them to stay suspended at or below the water's surface.

10. Florida Manatee - Defenders Of Wildlife Florida manatees unique and gentle marine mammals, found mainly in coastal estuaries and rivers of Florida - are in danger. http://www.defenders.org/programs_and_policy/wildlife_conservation/imperiled_spe

11. Manatees. - Free Online Library Free Online Library manatees.(aquatic mammal) by Science Weekly ; Mathematics Science and technology, general Behavior http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Manatees.-a021168218

CacheBuster('') Printer Friendly 18,427,687 articles and books Periodicals Literature Keyword Title Author Topic Member login User name Password Remember me Join us Forgot password? Submit articles free The Free Library ... Science Weekly artId=21168218;usrSelf=false; Manatees. What are Manatees? Manatees are large, gentle animals that live in warm, shallow waters See: Shallow water blackout Waves and shallow water Shallow water equations Shallow Water, Kansas . Many manatees live off the coast of Florida. Though, some people think they look a bit like walruses, manatees are close relatives of the elephant. Most manatees are about 10 feet long and weigh about 1500 pounds. The largest known manatee manatee: see sirenian. manatee Any of three species (family Trichechidae) of slow-moving, shallow-water herbivorous mammals. Manatees have a tapered body ending in a rounded flipper, no hind flippers, and foreflippers near the head. weighed about 3500 pounds. That's about the same weight as a small car! Manatees have very heavy bones which help them to sink. Usually they like to stay just below the surface of the water and come up to breathe for air every few minutes. What Do They Do?

12. Capt Mike's Ultimate Manatee Tour | VIP Tours Daily houseboat tours on Crystal River,Florida, with rates and location map. http://www.manateeswimtours.com/

Watch the manatee play in our tour boat's ladder. They seem to have such fun. Welcome to Capt Mike's Ultimate Manatee Tour Tours 8 AM - 2 PM 7 days a week Year Around We are moving to our new facility at Pete's Pier August 1st. We will still meet at 7:45am and the boat will leave at 8:00am. 1 Southwest 1st Place Crystal River,FL 34429 SiteSeal("https://seal.networksolutions.com/images/basicsqblue.gif", "NETSB", "none"); Reservations: 1-352-628-3450 5 AM - 10 PM (Eastern Time) Over the past 10 years my company has developed a reputation for customer care, cleanliness, friendliness, trust, timeliness, and dedication unmatched by any of the others in the manatee snorkel tour business. OVER 5000 TOURS AND NO COMPLAINTS, ONLY POSITIVE FEEDBACK. Welcome to our VIP Manatee Tour . Our custom houseboat offers comfortable seating, an onboard restroom and changing room as well as many other features. This is our premier manatee tour. It is the only one of it's kind in the world. Come and join us for an experience you'll remember for a lifetime. Since we only serve 2 to 6 swimmers on board, our tours are more personalized and friendly. Each tour lasts approximately 6 hours. Due to the amenities provided, a 2 person tour minimum is required.

13. Manatees, Belize Animals, Caribbean Critters Lots of information on the critters of the Caribbean, the animals of Belize in particular http://ambergriscaye.com/critters/manatee.html

Manatees Manatees pronounced “MAN uh TEES”, have been called many names, including sirenians, sea cows and even mermaids. The first Europeans to encounter manatees thought that they were seeing the mythically beautiful mermaids, which were believed to be half woman, half fish creatures. On closer inspection however, they were disappointed to see that these animals were not quite as beautiful as they thought. Manatees and dugongs are members of the order Sirenia. Sirenians include four living species: the West Indian manatee, the West African manatee, the Amazonian manatee, and the dugong. The West Indian manatee has two subspecies, the Florida and Antillean manatee. The West Indian (Trichechus manatus), lives in the warm coastal waters of the southern United States, Mexico, the Caribbean Islands, Central America (including Belize), and the northeastern countries of South America. The Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) is only found in fresh water. It dwells in the Amazon and Orinoco river systems of South America. The West African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis) lives in the rivers and coastal waters of western Africa. It is thought that Sirenians evolved from four-footed land mammals about 45-50 million years ago. Modern relatives of Sirenians are elephants, aardvarks, and hyraxes, which are small rodent-like mammals. The scientific genus name “trichechus” is Latin for hair and refers to the small hairs that are found all over the manatee’s body. The name Sirenian comes from a word in ancient mythology known as “siren”. Sirens were halfwoman- half-bird creatures known to lure sailors to dangerous parts of the sea and their deaths. In Homer’s “Odyssey”, sirens were mythical women who lured the men into a dangerous whirlpool.

14. Manatees - Science - The New York Times Find articles and multimedia about manatees from The New York Times. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/manatees/index.html

@import url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/css/topic/screen/200704/topic.css); Log In Register Now Help Home Page ... Times Topics Search All NYTimes.com Tuesday, November 16, 2010 Science World U.S. N.Y. / Region ... Topics > Manatees E-MAIL Manatees John Raoux/Associated Press Find articles about manatees published in The New York Times. Highlights From the Archives Sleek? Well, No. Complex? Yes, Indeed. By ERICA GOODE The manatee has unique perceptual abilities, perfectly suited to its niche in the world. New research challenges the notion that these sea mammals are not all that bright. August 29, 2006 Science News ARTICLES ABOUT MANATEES Newest First Oldest First Page: By JOHN LELAND August 21, 2010 MORE ON MANATEES AND: OFFSHORE DRILLING AND EXPLORATION ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY OIL (PETROLEUM) AND GASOLINE FISH AND OTHER MARINE LIFE ... Monitoring the Manatee for Signs of Trouble By JOHN LELAND A team of researchers is watching for evidence that the gulf oil spill is affecting the marine mammals. June 21, 2010 MORE ON MANATEES AND: OFFSHORE DRILLING AND EXPLORATION ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY OIL (PETROLEUM) AND GASOLINE FISH AND OTHER MARINE LIFE ... Letter: Protecting the Manatees January 30, 2009

15. Bird's Underwater Manatee Tours - Free Snorkel Gear! Go With The Best! Manatee tours in Florida for swims with the Manatee in the Crystal River of Florida. Swimming tours with Manatee, the gentle giants of Florida and your most memorable swim ever. http://www.birdsunderwater.com/

English / German / French / Spanish ... HD VIdeo From The Brazil Expedition 09:18 am November 14 , 2010 Here's the trailer video from the Jaseur Banks expedition.... read more Emergency Management Manatee Interaction 12:37 pm November 13 , 2010 Emergency Management Rules for Manatee Interaction... read more Laws Change in Kings Bay 10:17 am November 06 , 2010 Laws Change in Kings Bay... read more Swim With Manatees Daily Morning Tours just $35.00 / person NEW! FREE SNORKELING GEAR FOR YOUR TOUR! You can call us @ 1.800.771.2763 or use our secure reservation system at left to book your tour. Check out the rest. Here's why we're sure we're the best: *We have a world-wide reputation for unwavering dedication to protecting the manatee and assuring that our interactions don't have detrimental effects on them. *Our Captains are long term employees. We don't change a good thing. They're dedicated to making sure you have a fun, safe, and informative time. *We have been here conducting manatee tours for over 20 years. No one else has that experience. *We get in the water with you to assist and assure a quality interaction.

16. Manatee: Definition From Answers.com manatees have a tapered body ending in a rounded flipper, no hind flippers, and foreflippers near the head. The Caribbean manatee (Trichechus manatus) lives along coasts of the http://www.answers.com/topic/manatee

17. FPL Manatee Overview Basic Guidelines Regarding manatees; Boating and Jetskiing Near manatees; How You Can Help the manatees; Additional Manatee Resources; Manatee Observation Center at FPL's Riviera Power http://www.fpl.com/environment/endangered/manatee_overview.shtml

18. Manatees, Manatee Pictures, Manatee Facts - National Geographic Learn all you wanted to know about manatees with pictures, videos, photos, facts, and news from National Geographic. http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/manatee.html

19. Florida Vacation In Citrus County : Homosassa, Crystal River & Inverness : A MAN The Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge was established to provide critical habitat for the endangered manatees and is now home to more than 25% of the nation’s population. http://www.visitcitrus.com/manatee.asp

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20. Manatees In Florida Information and photos of Florida manatees. http://www.realestatesarasota.net/manatee/

On-line Information Manatee in Florida GULF COAST PROPERTIES FOR SALE Anna Maria Island Bird Key Casey Key Home ... Waterfront Map REAL ESTATE SERVICES SEARCH ALL SARASOTA REAL ESTATE MLS Contact us References About us INTERESTING IN SARASOTA FLORIDA Dolphins Birds Manatees Sarasota Bobcats ... Florida Panther MANATEE IMAGES (Click to enlarge, use back arrow to return) All information is deemed to be correct, but is not guaranteed and is subject to change. Manatees on the Sarasota Gulf Coast! Manatee NEWS: January 10, 2010 the Manatees were just counted, with a total of 5,067 manatees spotted. The clear skies allowed the count to be very accurate. Record cold weather drove the manatees to the power plants, where the water is warmer. This is about 1,200 more than last year, but the count last year could have been hampered by the clouds and manatees were not congregated as closely as they were this year. What is a Manatee? Manatees are a large, slow-moving marine mammal that inhabit warm tropical and subtropical waters of North and South America and Africa. The world population of manatees is extremely endangered. The last aerial survey of the Florida West Indian Manatees that live in Florida waters was taken in January 2003. The survey showed a population count of 3,113 manateels. Manatee Shape and Size Average adult manatees are about 10 to 14 feet long and weigh between 1,500 to 1,800 pounds, although the largest are over 13 feet and weigh 3,500 pounds. Their torpedo-shaped gray-brown bodies taper into flat, paddle-like tails. They have two flippers and their faces are wrinkled with whiskers on the snout. Nostrils are on the upper surface of the snout which close tightly like valves when submerged. Manatees live to be approximately 60 years old.

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