Manatee

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Slow-moving and gentle, the West Indian manatee drifts through warm rivers and coastal lagoons from Florida to Brazil. With a rounded body and paddle tail it grazes seagrass meadows like an aquatic cow, trimming algae and recycling nutrients that keep the shallows healthy.

Habitat: The Manatee can be found in United-states-of-america, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa-rica, Panama, Bahamas, Cuba, Puerto-rico, Trinidad-and-tobago, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French-guiana, Brazil, Florida-us