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Smith, Grayson/USFWS
Date Shot/Created
03/01/2019Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
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The Florida manatee, a subspecies of the West Indian manatee, is a large, slow-moving marine mammal with an elongated, round body and paddle-shaped flippers and tail. Manatees are herbivores, feeding solely on seagrass, algae and other vegetation in freshwater and estuarine systems in the southeastern United States.