Dugong Facts: the ORIGINAL MERMAIDS ? Animal Fact Files

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Dugongs and manatees are the original mermaids - but do you know the difference between a manatee and a dugong? Dugongs and manatees are also known as sea cows! Learn more dugong facts on this episode of Animal Fact Files!

Scientific Name: Dugong dugon
Range: Indian and Pacific Oceans
Habitat: Shallow saltwater habitats
Size: 8-10 feet (2.43-3m) long
Diet: Seagrass
Threats: Sharks, crocodiles, and killer whales
Life span: About seventy years

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Walter Unterweger - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssToqXA367A
MayDivingSafari - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSU_BexHQTs
bfdingo - https://www.flickr.com/photos/bfdingo/4222074490
foooomio - https://www.flickr.com/photos/foooomio/16050682133
Jin Kemoole - https://www.flickr.com/photos/146401137@N06/33595533184
Ruth Hartnup (Mark Goodchild) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruthanddave/54241146; https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruthanddave/54241022
Niklas Flindt - https://www.flickr.com/photos/130521741@N07/43381585181
Andreas Marz - https://www.flickr.com/photos/andreas63/4448848814
Laura - https://www.flickr.com/photos/kokalola/8373516091
Patrick Quinn-Graham - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pftqg/3839728218
Oregon State University - https://www.flickr.com/photos/oregonstateuniversity/5159733400
Christian Haugen - https://www.flickr.com/photos/christianhaugen/3506496824
Chermundy/IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, species assessors and the authors of the spatial data. - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dugong_area.png
Julien Willem - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dugong_Marsa_Alam.jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dugong_vs_Plongeur.jpg
Camille Menard (Delphine Menard) - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dugong_marsa_alam_egypt_2011.jpg
Simon Nauton & Nicole Wallace - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dugong_Lamen_Island_Epi_Vanuatu.jpeg
Nick Hobgood - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dugong_mother_offspring.jpg
Pierre Vergnaud - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dugong_du_parc_marin_de_Mayotte.jpg
Lord Mountbatten - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dugong-Jakarta.JPG
Gejuni - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dugong.JPG
Ji-Elle - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cr%C3%A2ne_de_Dugong_dugon-Mus%C3%A9e_zoologique_de_Strasbourg_(2).jpg
Franck Sanson - https://vimeo.com/156666910
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Research Credits:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/d/dugong/
https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/dugong
https://www.britannica.com/animal/dugong-mammal
https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/2018/05/23/mermaid-sea-cow-dugong/
https://oceana.org/marine-life/marine-mammals/dugong
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Hydrodamalis_gigas/
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1074990/how-tagbanua-tribesmen-protect-the-mermaids-of-palawan
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/travel/656983/here-be-dugong-a-close-encounter-with-the-legendary-sea-creature/story/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-can-sea-mammals-drink/
http://jeb.biologists.org/content/204/11/1831
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Dugong_dugon/
https://books.google.com/books?id=2rkHQpToi9sC
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022098104000127
http://www.publish.csiro.au/ZO/ZO9840767
http://www.dugongconservation.org/about/about-dugongs-seagrass/

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