有关海牛的英语作文初三 有关manatees 的论文 只要用英语介绍一下海牛就可以了 求求

有关海牛的英语作文初三 有关manatees 的论文 只要用英语介绍一下海牛就可以了 求求

Manatee Facts
Description:West Indian manatees are large,gray aquatic mammals with bodies that taper to a flat,paddle-shaped tail.They have two forelimbs,called flippers,with three to four nails on each flipper.Their head and face are wrinkled with whiskers on the snout.The manatee's closest relatives are the elephant and the hyrax (a small,gopher-sized mammal).Manatees are believed to have evolved from a wading,plant-eating animal.The West Indian manatee is related to the West African manatee,the Amazonian manatee,the dugong,and Steller's sea cow,which was hunted to extinction in 1768.The average adult manatee is about 10 feet long and weighs between 800 and 1,200 pounds.
Habitat and Range:Manatees can be found in shallow,slow-moving rivers,estuaries,saltwater bays,canals,and coastal areas — particularly where seagrass beds or freshwater vegetation flourish.Manatees are a migratory species.Within the United States,they are concentrated in Florida in the winter.In summer months,they can be found as far west as Texas and as far north as Massachusetts,but summer sightings in Alabama,Georgia and South Carolina are more common.West Indian manatees can also be found in the coastal and inland waterways of Central America and along the northern coast of South America,although distribution in these areas may be discontinuous.
Behavior:Manatees are gentle and slow-moving animals.Most of their time is spent eating,resting,and traveling.Manatees are completely herbivorous.They eat a large variety of submerged,emergent,and floating plants and can consume 10-15% of their body weight in vegetation daily.Because they are mammals,they must surface to breathe air.They may rest submerged at the bottom or just below the surface of the water,coming up to breathe on an average of every three to five minutes.When manatees are using a great deal of energy,they may surface to breathe as often as every 30 seconds.When resting,manatees have been known to stay submerged for up to 20 minutes.Manatees can swim up to 20 miles per hour in short bursts,but they usually only swim about three to five miles per hour.