Elephants

Is Climate Change Responsible for Dying Elephants?

09/22/2020

Greetings! As you may know from my previous blogs, the elephant is actually related to the manatee. Unfortunately, veterinary scientists now confirm a bacterial toxin is responsible for a huge amount of elephant deaths this year in the Botswana region of Africa. The scientists explain...

Manatee, Sea Cow, Which One?

05/27/2020

Greetings! Today I’d like to talk about the difference between a manatee and a sea cow. Guess what? There actually is no difference! All of us manatees are big, very slow moving, curious, marine mammals spending the majority of our time eating...

Manatee Facts – Knowledge Challenge 2

10/16/2019

Greetings! Today I bring you the second installment of some really cool manatee facts for you. You’ll definitely impress your friends and family with your newfound manatee knowledge! Manatees are very large marine mammals with two flippers and a body tapering down...

Manatees are related to Elephants – Elephants don’t get Cancer?

08/30/2018

Elephants are huge, weighing up to 8 tons. Their spectacular evolution includes unique genetic processes which result in them rarely getting cancer. Greetings! Yes, it’s true manatees and elephants are closely related. And elephants rarely get cancer! In...