True/False
Although it looks heavy, the manatee is quite light thanks to its thin, hollow skeletal system.
False
Manatees congregate in the springs during the summer to escape the warm waters of Florida’s coast.
False
Vocabulary List
- Sirenia: An order of aquatic mammals which consists of the dugong and 3 species of manatees.
- Gestation: The carrying of an embryo or fetus inside a female animal, specifically one that gives live birth.
- Graze: A verb meaning to “feed on growing plants, attached algae or phytoplankton”.
- Bask: A verb meaning to “lie in or be exposed to a pleasant warmth”.