Dugong Facts

Manatee Facts – Knowledge Challenge 12

05/05/2020

Greetings! Here are some more awesome manatee facts for you. Florida Manatees, (yours truly :-)) actually belong to the order Sirenia and are a subspecies of the West Indian manatee. The other subspecies of the West Indian manatee is called the Antillean manatee. The United States...

Exmouth Gulf and Ningaloo Coast Scientists Plead for Conservation Protection!

08/21/2019

Greetings! I have some interesting news for you. Western Australia’s World Heritage area of the Exmouth Gulf and Ningaloo Coast are now hanging in the balance as scientists plead for additional conservation efforts. This area supports approximately 2,000 species of fauna and of course my first...

Dungongs Decreasing in Abu Dhabi!

04/10/2019

The dugong is closely related to the manatee and is also an herbivore. Photo Matthieu Juncker Greetings! Here’s an informative blog for you because it has to do with my close relative, the dugong. Like manatees, dugongs are also known as sea...

Manatee Facts for Fun – Part 2

01/31/2019

In winter, Florida Manatees enjoy the warm balmy water temperatures of both natural springs and warm water outflows from power plants. Greetings to you! Here is the second installment of my blogs talking about awesome manatee facts. There are actually three types,...

Manatee Facts – Recap (Part 1)

04/05/2018

The Florida Manatee is a subspecies of the West Indian Manatee. Florida Manatees, (yours truly :-)) actually belong to the order Sirenia and are a subspecies of the West Indian manatee. The other subspecies of the West Indian manatee is called the...

Manatee Trivia (Part 8) – The Dugong!

10/10/2017

A dugong happily eating seagrass, much like its distant manatee cousin. Photo Courtesy: Abdallah Taher Greetings! Today I’d like to continue with installment eight of manatee trivia, where I’ll give you a Q&A on my very close cousin – the dugong! What...