Steller’s sea cows were hunted to #extinction off #Alaska within 30 years of first observation by Europeans. Their closest relatives ( #manatees, #dugongs) live in much warmer waters.

How did Steller’s sea cows adapt to cold? Signore et al. (2023) reconstructed the #hemoglobin and showed a single mutation provided more oxygen to tissues for higher metabolic rates via multiple mechanisms - lower O2 affinity, higher solubility, etc.

Explainer🔗 https://elifesciences.org/digests/85414/how-sea-cows-survived-in-the-arctic

OA🔗 https://elifesciences.org/articles/85414

Otter rides surfboard, tired manatee saved, beach rescue dogs, friendly bass, and more.

https://cutetropolis.com/2023/06/26/links-water-wonderful-world/

#Beavers #Dogs #Fishies #Manatees #Otters #Pups

I made a stupid thing.

#manatees

Study identifies boat strikes as a growing cause of #manatee deaths in Belize https://phys.org/news/2023-06-boat-manatee-deaths-belize.html 🐋 #MarineScience #Sirenians #MarineMammals #SeaCow #Manatees
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Swimming with a Manatee!!

#NaturePhotography #Video #Manatee #Manatees #FanningSprings #Florida

https://youtu.be/82HzLkpow8A?t=71

#Manatee winter deaths in Florida's Brevard County plunge — which could portend trouble https://phys.org/news/2023-03-manatee-winter-deaths-florida-brevard.html 🐋 #MarineScience #Sirenians #MarineMammals #SeaCow #OceanScience #Manatees

Anyone thinking that the #Florida governor #DeSantis is doing political things, think again. He and the #GOP are destroying the Florida environment. Virtually any industrial/business venture will get the go-ahead to build.

The #Manatees are dying in record numbers, many of starvation because of pollution. Between Gov. Red tide Rick and now Gov. Death, the environmental record in the state is abysmal.

In the 10 years, we've been here we've seen so much damage done.

https://floridaphoenix.com/2023/03/02/dep-drags-its-feet-on-halting-pollution-of-floridas-precious-springs/

Conservation group pushing for manatees' status to be returned to endangered: Florida has seen record numbers of manatees die. Nearly 2,000 were killed by algae blooms that are caused by pollution runoff. Those algae blooms, in turn, kill sea grass, the manatees' main food source.
#florida #manatees #pollution #flpol
https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pinellas/conservation-group-pushing-for-manatees-status-to-be-returned-to-endangered

This is the #Florida we like best. More #manatees; fewer self-indulgent politicians. 👏👏👏#ClimateChange #OceanLife

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17022023/florida-manatee-rehabilitation/

Year starts with high numbers of manatee deaths across Florida - WUFT News
#Florida #Manatees #Pollution

https://www.wuft.org/news/2023/01/26/year-starts-with-high-numbers-of-manatee-deaths-across-florida/

@DrNDMcFadyen I am so excited for (yet simultaneously envious of) you! #Manatees are the best!!

Florida: FWC reports 800 manatee deaths in 2022: 19 manatees crushed or drowned in locks or flood gates. #Florida Pollution #Wildlife #Manatees 

https://www.southcentralfloridalife.com/okeechobee/stories/fwc-reports-800-manatee-deaths-in-2022,53085 

800 Florida #manatees died in 2022 as starvation lingers—but most survived red tide https://phys.org/news/2023-01-florida-manatees-died-starvation-lingersbut.html 🐋 #MarineScience #Sirenians #MarineMammals #SeaCow #OceanScience

Journée de promenade le long de la Gulf Coast de la #Florida pour aller voir les lamantins!! #manatees

[Factheu et al.] Acoustic methods improve the detection of the endangered African #manatee https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.1032464/full 🐋 #MarineScience #Sirenians #MarineMammals #SeaCow #OceanScience #Manatees

RT @craigtimes
Already famished #manatees managed to avoid any mass die-offs or the need for any dramatic rescues during #Florida's first significant cold snap -- but @MyFWC still keeping a close eye on them as winter continues. https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/environment/lagoon/2023/01/05/florida-manatees-survive-first-winter-cold-weather/69773816007/ via @JWayEnviro

Florida is fighting to feed starving manatees this winter:These manatees are hungry. Pollution has decimated their usual menu of seagrasses in the Indian River Lagoon. Many have starved: 1,101 died in Florida in 2021, and as of December, 2022’s official estimate was nearly 800 deaths. So along the canal, members of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are tossing them lettuce.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/florida-is-fighting-to-feed-starving-manatees-this-winter

#seagrass #florida #manatee #manatees

❝ “It's just emblematic of how dire the situation is,” says Rachel Silverstein, the executive director of environmental nonprofit Miami Waterkeeper. “The point where we would need to artificially feed a wild animal because their ecosystem is so destroyed that they cannot find food for themselves is pretty extreme.” ❞

Florida's manatees are in even more trouble than they usually are → https://www.wired.com/story/florida-is-fighting-to-feed-starving-manatees-this-winter/

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#manatee #Florida #manatees #ecosystem #pollution

#Florida Is Fighting to Feed Starving #Manatees This Winter - https://www.wired.com/story/florida-is-fighting-to-feed-starving-manatees-this-winter/ poor manatees, humankind to blame, as usual....

#NaturePhotography #Manatees #Butterflies #Birds #Mangroves #Video

https://youtu.be/SoFbjMWmlUM