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11.Why would manatees be descried as ponderous?

3000 pounds and 8-12 beat in length.

13.why should we be concerned about the manatee?

Because they soon become extinct.

10.How do we keep track of the manatee population?

Census in the air.

12.What is the meaning of nimble as it is used in the passage?

I'm not very nimble able to move quickly.

14.What is the meaning of bleak as it is used in the passage?

In meaning is hopeless.

2.What kind of plant is a water hyacinth?

It is an aquatic.

4.Is the manatee population increasing or decreasing?

It is decreasing.

3.Is the nature of the manatee similar to that of a predator?

Manatee is very docile.

5.Have many manatees have been injured as result of collisions with boats?

Manatees have been hurt and died.

15.Are people indifferent to the manatees' plight?

No, because they mage laws, slow down the speed of sail.

8.What could boat owners do to population?

Slow down.

1.What behavior manatees could have made sailors mistakenly assert that they had seen a mermaid?

They were mermaid sunning themselves on rock for in the distance.

9.What is the meaning of averted as it is used in the passage?

We arrested mistakes.

6.Can a manatee die as a result of being struck by the propeller of a boat?

Yes, it can die as a result of being struck by the propeller of about.

7.Why do many boaters go blithely on their way after striking a manatee?

because they don't sea manatee population?