Well, grab your flippers and get ready to embark on a side-splitting, splash-tastic journey as we delve into the wet and wildlife of a swim-with-manatee tour guide at River Ventures.
Manatees aren't packing extra pounds like we humans do. In reality, they've got very little fat on their bodies compared to the vastness of their internal organs. Confused?
Manatees have a vestigial pelvic bone which suggests that at some point during their evolution, they did have legs like their closest living relatives the elephant and hyrax.
Manatees have been documented eating over 60 different varieties of vegetation including turtle grass, manatee grass, shoal grass, mangrove leaves, water hyacinth, hydrilla, and eelgrass.
'Manatees are sentient beings, loving touch of many forms, especially between mother and child. This video of momma and baby offers a clear view of his fin nails....many people do not know they have finger-like bones with nails!'
