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Dugong (Manatee)

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4 Comments

AlikaKay
AlikaKay 12 years ago

Wonderful photo!

Apple
Apple 12 years ago

Cool picture, is there a story?

p.young713
p.young713 12 years ago

Nice photo! Would you like to join the Manatee mission? http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8472...

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

Great! I think it is another species of the order Sirenia, a manatee as you say (Trichechus manatus), because dugongs (family Dugongidae, 1 species Dugong dugon) are not in (really far into) in the western hemisphere.

PaulBeaudry
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Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Spotted on Jun 8, 2011
Submitted on Jun 8, 2011

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