#sirenians — Public Fediverse posts

Poor Steller's Sea Cow....

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/stellers-sea-cow-first-historical-extinction-of-marine-mammal-at-human-hands.html

#Sirenians #StellersSeaCow #Nature #MarineMammal

Long-term decline in Great Barrier Reef dugong populations confirmed https://phys.org/news/2023-09-long-term-decline-great-barrier-reef.html 🐋 #Sirenians #SeaCows #MarineMammals #MarineLife #Dugongs #Dugong #Australia #GreatBarrierReef

TheOnion: Worst Job In Every State https://www.theonion.com/worst-job-in-every-state-1850830404 #washingtonjeffbezos #westindianmanatee #dunkindonuts #saulgoodman #sirenians #jeffbezos #manatee

Gizmodo: New Report Shows Famed Florida Manatee Died After 'High-Intensity Sexual Behavior' With Brother https://gizmodo.com/hugh-manatee-florida-aquarium-dies-1850683147 #theusfishandwildlifeservice #usdepartmentofagriculture #motemarinelaboratory #westindianmanatee #marinemammal #richardbell #environment #sirenians #manatee #buffett #snooty #mammal #hugh

Study identifies boat strikes as a growing cause of #manatee deaths in Belize https://phys.org/news/2023-06-boat-manatee-deaths-belize.html 🐋 #MarineScience #Sirenians #MarineMammals #SeaCow #Manatees
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[McGowan et al.] Cryptic marine barriers to gene flow in a vulnerable coastal species, the dugong (#Dugong dugon) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.13021?af=R 🐋 #MarineScience #Sirenians #MarineMammals #SeaCow

#Manatee winter deaths in Florida's Brevard County plunge — which could portend trouble https://phys.org/news/2023-03-manatee-winter-deaths-florida-brevard.html 🐋 #MarineScience #Sirenians #MarineMammals #SeaCow #OceanScience #Manatees

🐠🐠🐠 https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/dugong-remoras-fish-nature-pbs-video

“This #dugong in the #Philippines has two sets of companions… The golden jacks grab small shrimps that the dugong stirs up. He seems content to have them around. The remoras, on the other hand, seem to trouble him."

#animals #video #pbs #nature #sirenians #fish #marinelife

800 Florida #manatees died in 2022 as starvation lingers—but most survived red tide https://phys.org/news/2023-01-florida-manatees-died-starvation-lingersbut.html 🐋 #MarineScience #Sirenians #MarineMammals #SeaCow #OceanScience

[Factheu et al.] Acoustic methods improve the detection of the endangered African #manatee https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.1032464/full 🐋 #MarineScience #Sirenians #MarineMammals #SeaCow #OceanScience #Manatees

#Manatee die-off season looms as trial of feeding them lettuce begins again https://phys.org/news/2023-01-manatee-die-off-season-looms-trial.html 🐋 #MarineScience #Sirenians #MarineMammals #SeaCow #OceanScience

Two interesting sculptures made of plastic trash. The top one is a #manatee, the bottom one is a Monk #Seal 🦭 #Pinnipeds #MarineMammals #PlasticPollution #Sculptures #BetwsYCoed #Sirenians #NorthWales

Ailing #manatees in Florida's Brevard County appear to have outlasted Christmas freeze https://phys.org/news/2022-12-ailing-manatees-florida-brevard-county.html 🐋 #MarineScience #Sirenians #MarineMammals #SeaCow #OceanScience

#Manatees' starvation may be easing in Florida, authorities say https://phys.org/news/2022-12-manatees-starvation-easing-florida-authorities.html 🐋 #MarineScience #Sirenians #MarineMammals #SeaCow #Manatee

Lettuce arrives in Florida this week to fight feared return of #manatee starvation https://phys.org/news/2022-12-lettuce-florida-week-manatee-starvation.html 🐋 #MarineScience #Sirenians #MarineMammals #SeaCow #OceanScience

Biodiversity: 'Magical marine species' pushed toward #extinction https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-63911045 🐋 #MarineScience #Sirenians #MarineMammals #Dugong #SeaCow