African Manatee

📸 Photo by Jakub Pabis: https://www.pexels.com/photo/african-manatee-eating-while-swimming-underwater-13277592/

Gentle guardian of West Africa’s rivers, the African manatee drifts through mangroves and estuaries, trimming weeds with paddle-shaped flippers. Up to four metres long, this slow herbivore keeps waterways open, yet nets, dams and poachers threaten its future.

Habitat: The African Manatee can be found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Dem-rep-congo, Cote-d-ivoire, Eq-guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra-leone, Togo