Some interesting facts about the gentle giants:
- they only have molars to grind their food
- they chew two times per second
- manatee teeth are constantly being replaced as they wear down and fall out (like shark's)
- the intestine of an adult manatee can measure up to 130 feet in length
- from 1974 to 2002 as many as 1164 Manatees have been killed because of boating accidents
- they only breath through their nostrils
- manatees can hold their breath for up to 24 minutes
- manatee lungs are 2/3 the length of its body
- a manatee cannot turn its head sideways, it must turn its whole body
- it takes 13 months for a manatee to be born
- manatee calves spend two years with their mothers learning the migration routes
- manatees have no natural predators
- they can die if the water they live in gets too cold
- manatees live in fresh water
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