This picture is from All
About Manatees book
by Jim Arnosky.
By Blair F.
Table Of Contents
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Introduction
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Where do they live?
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What do they eat?
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What do they look like?
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Who are their enemies?
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Physical Characteristics?
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Conclusion
Slide 9
Fun Facts
Slide 10
Bibliography
Slide 11
This picture is from a post card from the Moat Aquarium in
Florida.
Introduction
 Chomp, Chomp… That’s the sound of the Florida Manatees eating
some lettuce at the Moat Aquarium. At the Moat Aquarium they keep
animals that once lived in the ocean that got hurt or the moat took
them for the manatees safety. Some of the animals include Florida
Manatees! I was shocked to see those super huge animals here, I mean
how could they get hurt? Can’t they hurt you? If you would like to learn
how these animals live read this and you’ll find out! 
 This picture is from Our Wild World Manatees
By Kathy Feeney.
habitat
 Manatees can live in many waters
that is 68 or more degrees
Fahrenheit. Manatees live in
places like Florida's costal waters
during the winters, shallow
waters on coast lines and in
channels. There are a lot of them
in Florida's rivers and in the
ocean. They cannot survive in
water below 68 degrees
Fahrenheit. Which means they
have to stay in warm water
 This picture is from a post card
from the Moat Aquarium in
Florida.
I’m HUNGRY!
What’s coming in my belly?
Manatees are herbivores. They eat marine and fresh
water plants, sea grasses, and sometimes leafs. They
NEVER eat fish or marine life. If a human being is
swimming in water that manatees live in there will be
NO danger what so ever. Manatees eat over 10% of
their body weight. They also eat more than anything
else they do.
This picture is from Our Wild
World Manatees by Kathy Feeney.
This is me?
Do I really look like that?
Manatees have tough grayish skin. When my animal
grows up it weighs in the range of 1,500-1,800 pounds.
They live to the age 50-60 years old. In the wild, when
a calf (baby manatee) is born, it is usually 3-4 feet long
and weighs in the range of 50-70 pounds
This picture is from Manatee Winter
By Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld.
Why don’t people like me?
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Survival
 Manatees are in danger from people (boats). Manatees must stay close
to the surface in order to breathe. Often times, they are struck by the
propellers of passing boats. They get many scars and wounds and cut
up flippers dues to these accidents. The injuries are not intentional.
Manatees have also been killed by disease, flood-control gates, cold
water, and human destruction. Sharks, Alligators, crocodiles and man
have been known to attack and kill manatees.
 This picture is from Manatees Gentle Giants
And Peril By Mary Unterbrink.
Where do I come from?
 Babies are born 1 at a time. As soon as the calf is born, the
mother manatee raises it to the surface for its first breath of
air. A new born manatee weighs an average of 77 pounds.
The majority of them leave their families when they are at
least two years old. During that time, the mother and baby
talked to each other and played with each other.
This pictures is from Our wild
World Manatees by Kathy Feeney.
So the conclusion is…………………
In conclusion, we now know that Manatees are very
peaceful for their gigantic size. They live very happily
in Florida’s waters where they can swim around and
“hopefully” not get hurt. Although Manatees have
such a big size they DO NOT eat other fish they only
eat sea grasses, lettuce, leaves, and algae. I hope these
gentle giants stay in Florida’s waters for ever and ever
where I can go visit my favorite water buddy.
More exciting facts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 Manatees only have 6 neck bones not 7 like most mammals
 They swim in groups or pairs
 They like to stay in contact by touching each other
 Manatees swim very slowly but if they want they can speed up to 15 miles per
hour
 Mothers and calves swim side by side and play together
 Zoologists can tell how old a manatee is by counting the number of growth
rings on it’s ear bones
 They use anchor rope like dental floss to clean there teeth!
 I had fun doing this report
This picture is from Our wild
World Manatees by Kathy Feeney
Bibliography
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Bibliography
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Manatees: Our Wild World Series, K. Feeney. pp. 6-11, 17, 25,33-36, 39, 41, 43
Books:
All About Manatees , J. Arnosky. pp. 10-11
Manatees: Gentle Giants in Peril, M. Unterbrink. pp. 11-13
Manatee Winter, K. W. Zoehfeld. p. 7
Slow Down for Manatees, J. Arnosky. pp. 2-6
Websites:
Defenders of Wildlife: http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/manatee.php
Enchanted Learning: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/manatee/infosheet.shtml
Kid's Planet: http://kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html
THE END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 I hope you enjoyed learning about Florida Manatees
because I had a real fun time researching about them!
 This picture is from All about Manatees by Jim Arnosky
Bless Address and Press
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Once you have edited your writing piece, find 3 people who can revise & edit with you.
Have each person:
BLESS: The reader tells you the things you did well.
ADDRESS:Ask the reader to look at the things that you have targeted that you'd like the reader to
look at.
PRESS: The reader tells you things that you can improve upon or areas where they were confused.
WONDER: The reader asks you questions for you to think about.
Copy & paste this table to the bottom of your writing piece. Have at least 3 people peer edit your piece. Then
revise using their suggestions. When you are finished editing & revising, you will then conference with your
teacher.
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STUDENT_NAME 1Ellie2 Olga
3 Griffin K.
BLESS1 I liked how your headings and subheadings made it sound like the Manatee was talking
2 I liked the whole thing I don’t know what to chose.
3 I like how you used the pictures to
show what your talking about
ADDRESS1 Please look at my headings 2 please look at my word choice 3 please look at my punctuation
PRESS1 I think you should make the bibliography page at the end
2 I really liked your word choice.
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WONDER 1 To me, it wasn’t completely clear about if Manatees live in zoos or not.
2 I
wasn’t sure about how many teeth they have
3 I wasn’t sure what happened to the father manatees