@michellethenatural: Dugong vs manatee - what’s the difference? #manatee #dugong #mermaid #AnimalFacts #naturalist

posty912 :

Um, actually, this is a dewgong

stricklean90 :

4 types of sea cows??

AName :

You forgot to mention: manatees are adorable whereas dugongs are also adorable.

Chance Reno :

Manatee and Manatwo

SUNNY ☀️ | Fav Queer Auntie ☭ :

Also one is a Pokemon

🌾Jake🌾 :

Vietnamese be like Manetee: lợn biển (sea pig) Dugong: bò biển (sea cow) 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Alexander Diego303 :

So, one is more of a cuddle bug and the other is more snuggle bunny. Got it. Makes sense since they evolved in distant ecosystems.

Matthyboy :

Do all manatees have a dugong soulmate that they find by connecting their tails like puzzle pieces?

Sunshine :

15 years later I now understand the watsky line “if you gotta a fupa like a dugong”

I'm Master Baiter :

Are they related though? because I know convergent evolution.......

No swingn :

Fun fact dugongs skeletons look like mermaids to a untrained eye a tail with short human like arms, thats most than likely where mermaids came from.

Blacksheep :

The same but different

Queen Cersei 👑 :

I thought dugong was a pokemon 😭

ojibwe_bro :

How dare you, those are beautiful gorgeous mermaids (I’m an olde timey European sailor).

Jaybo :

This video just spurred me to go down the manatee evolution rabbit hole. The fact that elephants and hyraxes are the closest relatives with shared ancestry is so fun.

Patchwork Kitchen :

Got to see a manatee up close in the Gulf of Mexico! It snuck up on my group and scared the shit out of us until we realized 😮‍💨😂. They’re gorgeous and MASSIVE (well bigger than you’d expect)

Mina M. :

Maddie Miele :

The biggest tragedy is that manatees exist but we can’t touch them because they become too used to human interaction and we hurt them

a_king_and_a_laptop :

teresastringer77 :

One of my fondest memories as a teen was fishing with my grandfather in Florida and a manatee surfaced right in front of me. 🥰

Jah.on.fye :

I love this lady’s voice

NOLATREY :

The djugowng????

Pallas's Cat Fan :

Dugongs have a tail like a whale's

V :

I lived in FL as a little girl and did a book report on manatees that my mom helped me with that I’ve held onto for almost 30 years. I loved this video and you made my night 🩷

Quinn🧡🤍🩷 :

oh ty! i love zoology but i've never looked closely at the dugong before or even thought about it much i should fix this