A drone operator captured footage of a manatee swimming with her two calves off the coast of St Petersburg, Florida. https://abcn.ws/3pHQsum | ABC News

Amazonian Manatee 🐋 The GENTLE River Giant! This peaceful swimmer glides through the Amazon feeding on plants all day. It’s shy, calm, and can hold its breath for more than 10 minutes underwater. You won’t believe how soft and slow this huge animal really is! #wildlife #nature #animalfacts #animalvideos | 1 Minute Animals

5️⃣ Facts about the Manatees Diet. 🌱 Manatees are herbivores, meaning they primarily eat aquatic vegetation. 🌱 Manatees consume nearly 10% of their body weight DAILY. 🌱 They spend up to 8 hours of their days grazing, hence the nickname “sea cow”. 🌱 Calves begin nibbling on plants within a few weeks of birth. 🌱 Manatees do not have front teeth, but behind the lips, on the roof of the mouth, a manatee has ridged pads, which (along with the lower jaw) tear through the sea grass and then allow

The rescue of an injured manatee in the Florida Keys on March 20 was complicated by a brush fire burning locally. Video from Daniel Eidsmoe shows the rescue effort. The Dolphin Research Center’s Manatee Rescue Team told Storyful the nine-foot male was “assessed as suffering from a pneumothorax condition where air accumulates in the space between the lung and chest wall.” Rescuers said the “typical procedure” would be for the rescued manatee to be transported by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Cons

Marine Biologist Saves Stranded Manatee! #rescue #animals #wildlife | Paul Vu

MANATEE RESCUE: An underweight, injured manatee has been rescued from a chilly canal in St. Petersburg. MORE: https://bit.ly/3rzOxM1 | FOX 13 News - Tampa Bay