Interesting Letter in the Fl. Today paper
 

"Whales' plight far worse than manatees'

By some estimates, more than 100,000 manatees and dugongs live in tropical waters around the world, with more than 3,000 in Florida alone.

However, there are only about 300 North Atlantic right whales remaining in the entire world.

It seems to me the Save The Manatee Club would be doing more to protect a truly endangered species if it concentrated more on making the Atlantic shipping lanes a no wake zone, and less on Florida's rivers and estuaries."

Larry Quillen

Cape Canaveral


I believe Larry is a member of www.cffw.org. :D

Dean

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100,000 manatees and dugongs !!! :eek:
So, they're endangered how?....

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The only reality about the Save the Manatee Club, is that their chirping from their soapbox is about nothing more than keeping their jobs. :mad:

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wtf is a dugongs? and are they easy to run down and kill? whats the best time to hunt them? what are thier favorite foods? can they be harpooned? txh for any info, i figure if i hunt for these and manatee at the same time i should double my chances of bagging a trophy :D

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Your a sick man, Ratman !! :D That really is funny.LOL

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RM

You'r f***king nutz. :evilb: I hope to hook up with you someday and drink a few beeers because you really kill me. :drink:

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Your funny !

LS

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They are way off on the Florida number remember when mercury did a count they got to like 5800 on the west coast alone and even spotted a white one at that ...this was years ago!

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I have to do it.......


Taste's like chicken.. :evilb:

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English speaking,working, tax paying, Americans :D

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:D :drink: :eek:

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Dudong, cousin to the Manatee.

Dugongs (Dugong dugon) are the smallest members of the order Sirenia (which also includes the manatees and Steller's Sea Cow). Adults are generally less than 3 meters long. The name Dugong originated from the Malay language duyung meaning lady of the sea or mermaid.

Although they once covered all of the tropical South Pacific and Indian Oceans, remaining populations are greatly reduced. Groups of 10,000 or more are present on the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, at Shark Bay, and in Torres Strait south of New Guinea. Before 1970, it is thought that large populations were also present in Mozambique and coastal Kenya, but these have dwindled. Palau also has a small population. On January 22, 2003, after 70 years, an individual was found (weight 300 kg, length 2 m) off the coast of Tanzania.

Can grow to 3m in length. Inhabit shallow waters in Indo-Pacific; feed on sea grass. Long life span and slow breeding rate mean susceptible to threats

Contents [hide]
1 Australia
2 Feeding
3 Migration
4 Dangers
5 External links

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that should fit in my smoker no problem, thx :D