Manatees are gentle giants with big appetites. Even though they move slowly, they eat a lot—typically 10–15% of their body weight in vegetation every day. For a large adult, that can mean 50–150 pounds of seagrass, hydrilla, manatee grass, and other aquatic plants daily. They spend much of their time grazing, slowly moving through shallow waters and munching as they go. As for size, Florida manatees are among the heaviest marine mammals that live in freshwater and coastal habitats. Adults genera
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