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Sightings of the dugong, or sea cow, gave birth to mermaid legends.

Legends tell of sailors being lured to the sea by beautiful singing and once there, seeing women, with babies in hand.

A female sea cow sitting in the water, baby clasped in her fins, could give the appearance of a woman from a distance. Also, when a sea cow loses her mate she will stay nearby for days sighing and whistling loudly each time she surfaces.", "Beyond the sea.

The closest relative to the elephant is the manatee. Some scientists think a few members of the elephant's ancestors crawled back into the sea to become manatees.", "Little darlings!

A Manatee calf is bigger than most first graders. At birth the calf is 3 to 4 feet long and weighs between 60 - 70 pounds.

The mother gives birth to a single calf, which is fed its mother’s milk for up to 2 years.

Manatees live in small family groups of 15-20 animals, and communicate with each other through a series of clicking and chirping noises.", "Big as a (sea) cow.

An adult Manatee weighs up to 1,800 pounds. The average adult sea cow grows 10 – 12 feet long and weighs between 1,000 and 1,800 pounds. Their life expectancy is roughly 60 years in the wild.", "Gentle Giant.

Did you know those manatees you watch swimming in the zoo aquarium are actually related to the elephant family?

Manatees are gentle creatures that can grow to nearly 10 feet and 1,000 pounds. If you live in the Eastern United States, the manatees might be right at your back door.

Manatees make their home in Florida in the winter, then in the Carolinas, Alabama and Virginia in the summer. ", "Lovely nickname!

Manatees are also known as 'sea cows.'", "Baby teeth.

Manatees can eat up to 150 pounds of food every day.

They have ‘marching molars,' flat surfaced teeth which grow at the back of their jaw and then move towards the front. As each tooth is worn down from grinding food, it falls out, and is replaced by another migrating tooth moving from the back.

They do not have natural predators. Their biggest threats are humans who hunt them for their meat, oil and hide; and boat propellers which can maim or kill them. ", "Take a deep breath!

Manatees can stay underwater for 20 minutes.

They close their nostrils when they dive and usually resurface every 5 minutes to breathe.

They are slow swimmers and use their flippers and flat tail to move through the water.", "Myths and Legends.

Sightings of Manatees started legends of mermaids. Many years ago, sailors who saw these aquatic mammals from the distance thought they were mermaids.

They are popularly called sea cows because when initially eaten by sailors they tasted like beef. They are closely related to the elephant and the hyrax (a small mammal resembling a rodent). ", "Do not touch!

Manatees can live to be 80 years old, but because of many human-caused deaths, they are protected by the Federal Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 and the Endangered Species Act of 1973.", "Bottom feeders.

Dugongs range in size from 8 to 10 feet, and weigh anywhere from 500 to 1,100 pounds.

These large aquatic mammals are herbivores that eat sea grass from the sea bed with their tusk-like teeth. They live around 50 years in the wild and are closely related to manatees (sea cows).", ];