Sea cows are dying in Florida , at an
alarming rate and the reason behind the
death of the humanities is starvation.
their main staple of seagrass is
disappearing in the state’s Panhandle
region . out of an estimated population of
six thousand to seven thousand manatees
in Florida , up to a thousand died last
year alone.
seagrass is a starting point for many
different species, from different fish
and invertebrates that grow up there,
they’re also food sources for many
different animals such as manatees and
turtles. so quite a few different species
rely on seagrasses.
the gentle sea mammals are a protected
species in Florida , but their environment
is not . they are particularly vulnerable
because aside from the scarcity of
seagrass in their habitats. they are also
being affected by water pollution
injured by boats and killed by Red Tide
events, a toxic algal bloom.
manatees in Florida need to stay warm,
when temperatures drop in the winter
time, and so they are
aggregating around a couple of power
plants there. so you’ll have thousands of
manatees in this area , which they come
sort of expecting you know where’s the
buffet and they arrive and it’s not
there ,and so they have been
starving and dying as a consequence of
that starvation ,but also
other health concerns that are
associated with malnutrition.
manatees which can grow up to four
meters long and weigh up to a thousand
six hundred kilograms of herbivorous, and
survive almost exclusively on seagrass.
they can live both in salty and fresh
water and Venture into rivers Springs
and inlets . they are gentle and docile
and afraid of humans and reproduce very
slowly. a carve every two and a half
years or so. now seagrass is being killed
primarily by water pollution fertilizer
runoff as well as human and animal waste,
and other human activities such as boats
dragging their anchors across the seabed.
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