在海草遍布的热带浅海及沙泥底质的浅海滩涂，住着这样一群精灵。它们体型中等而呈纺锤状，性格温顺又胆小。它们行动缓慢，喜欢成群活动。它们是唯一严格意义上的食草性海洋哺乳动物。它们的妈妈喜欢怀抱幼崽于水面哺乳，常被误认为“美人鱼”，是中国传说中美人鱼的原型 ...

The dugong is a unique character of the sea. Weighing in at almost half a tonne, it is the only vegetarian marine mammal. Similar in appearance and behaviour to the manatee, but distinguished by ...

DESCRIPTION: The dugong is a marine mammal related to the manatee. It averages nine feet in length and weighs 550 to 1,000 pounds. The Okinawa dugong is slate gray to gray bronze in color and its tail ...

In Britain’s Nature, Allsopp unveils his novel solution: the manatee, a clumsy ... Whose Asian cousin, the dugong, is believed to have inspired ancient sailors to spin the first mermaid yarns.

The new method was also successfully tested using a DNA sample from a dead dugong found in March 2019 in Okinawa. Manatees are a species closely related to dugongs, but manatee DNA copies cannot ...

Both the dugong and manatee depend on seagrass as a main dietary resource. This project educates locals on the importance of seagrass conservation for the dugongs, the overall marine environment ...