Saturday, went diving with manatees at Miami Beach, very cool!
Panoramio - Photo of Playa del Riu
http://www.jeffsweather.com/archives/Manatee.jpg
About 3 m long, sometimes spinning around long axis (like an SUV?) to get a belly & back rub, lack of dorsal fin allows very smooth rotation, (unlike dolphins and sharks underwater).
Smooth skin, visually blotchy camouflage (algae on skin), no food (seagrass) at the sandy shallows, so must have been migrating to other brackish inlets.
Panoramio - Photo of Playa del Riu
http://www.jeffsweather.com/archives/Manatee.jpg
About 3 m long, sometimes spinning around long axis (like an SUV?) to get a belly & back rub, lack of dorsal fin allows very smooth rotation, (unlike dolphins and sharks underwater).
Smooth skin, visually blotchy camouflage (algae on skin), no food (seagrass) at the sandy shallows, so must have been migrating to other brackish inlets.
