Baby Manatee and its mother swimming under a dock and eating mangrove leaves. Manatees eat just about any vegetation they can find, not just sea grass. Like bottlenose dolphins, the females raise the calves alone. And also like bottlenose dolphins, if you see a group of them, it is Not a family of directly related individuals. It's just a group of individuals that have decided to hang out together for a while. A group of manatees is an aggregation. #nature #animals #Awesome #wildlife #florida #e

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Manatees—often called sea cows—are “charismatic” wild animals that hold humans in their thrall. Neither predator nor prey, these peaceable creatures, which can grow to 13 feet and weigh more than 2,000 pounds, are evolutionarily devoid of aggression. https://on.natgeo.com/3VScY3G Video by Gena Steffens and Jason Gulley. | National Geographic