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Vanuatu is the easterly edge of their range. Dugongs can grow up to 3 meters in length and weigh up to 500 kilograms. They can live for 70 years. Dugongs are herbivores and eat seagrass. They eat a lot of seagrass, up to 40kg a day. Female dugongs have their first calf between 4 and 17 years old. They will have one calf about every 3 to 5 years.
education to protect, respect and love dugongs and their habitats. It was also acknowledged at the launch of the Pacific Year of the Dugong 2011 that there is a need to address poaching which is the biggest threat to the fragile population in Palau. Authorities were urged to work together to enforce legislation to
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The dugong (Dugong dugon), is a seagrass-dependant marine mammal of tropical and subtropical coastal waters, with high genetic biodiversity value. It is the sole member of the genus Dugong, which is the only extant member of the Family Dugongidae (UNEP, 2002; Bryden et al. 1998). The Dugongidae shares the Order Sirenia with just three species ...
The dugong (/ ˈ d (j) uː ɡ ɒ ŋ /; Dugong dugon) is a marine mammal.It is one of four living species of the order Sirenia, which also includes three species of manatees.It is the only living representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae; its closest modern relative, Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), was hunted to extinction in the 18th century.
propeller. Their tails are distinct from manatees by their paddle-shaped tail. Dugong fins Similar to dolphin fins, but unlike dolphins, dugongs do not have dorsal fins. A female calf has a mammary gland under its dorsal fin. Adult dugongs weigh between 230 and 400 kg and have a body length of 2.4 to 4 m.
Dugongs grow to three metres long, can weigh up to 400 kg and live for 70 years or longer.The age of a dugong is estimated by counting growth layers in its tusks, like measuring rings in. a tree.The tusks erupt after puberty in males and in a small proportion of older females.
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These animals reach adulthood when they are between 10 and 17 years of age. Dugongs have a gestation period of about 13 months, and give birth underwater to a single calf that weighs up to 35 kilograms! Being mammals, dugong calves feed on their mothers’ milk until they are around 18 months old, and will start eating seagrass soon after birth.
