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     What in the World is a Dugong? | National Geographic

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     Meet Australia's only captive dugongs

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     Dugong discovery: Large population found off Qatar

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2. www.youtube.com › watchWhat in the World is a Dugong? | National Geographic - YouTube

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   Along the coast of Abu Dhabi, development is spilling into the sea, smothering the sea grass beds that nourish rare marine mammals called dugongs. Subscribe...

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   The waters off Qatar are home to the world’s second-largest population of dugongs, sea mammals that eat underwater grass.Usually, they like to move alone, or...

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4. www.youtube.com › watchDISCOVER the SECRET LIFE of Dugongs! - YouTube

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   Join us on an unforgettable journey to uncover the fascinating world of dugongs! These gentle giants, also known as sea cows, are often misunderstood creatur...

5. www.youtube.com › watchThe Dugong: the Ocean's Vacuum Cleaner | Wild Egypt - YouTube

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   May 5, 2016 · This large vegetarian mammal is a relative of the manatee and is thought to have inspired the myths behind mermaids. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoWILDSub...

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   Mar 27, 2018 · Help us create the biggest dugong sanctuaries in the world: https://donate.wwf.org.au/campaigns/netfreenorth/ WWF-Australia plans to create one of the world’...

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7. blogs.oregonstate.edu › gemmlab › 2021/09/27Let me introduce you to… dugongs! – Geospatial Ecology of ...

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   Sep 27, 2021 · Analyses of growth layers in bisected dugong tusks have revealed that dugongs are long-lived, with a maximum longevity record of 73 years (estimated from a female individual found in Western Australia 5). An (almost) vegetarian marine mammal. Dugongs and manatees are the only predominantly herbivorous aquatic mammals.

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   Are dugongs extinct?

   • Dugongs are part of the Sirenia order of placental mammals which comprises modern "sea cows" (manatees as well as dugongs) and their extinct relatives. Sirenia are the only extant herbivorous marine mammals and the only group of herbivorous mammals to have become completely aquatic.

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   Are dugongs herbivorous?

   • Dugongs and manatees are the only predominantly herbivorous aquatic mammals. Given that manatees use both marine and fresh water ecosystems they tend to have a broader diet, eating many kinds of submerged, floating or emergent algae and seagrass (even bank growth!).

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   Is a dugong a sirenian?

   • 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. The dugong is the only sirenian in its range, which spans the waters of some 40 countries and territories throughout the Indo-West Pacific.

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   Did dugongs live in the Mediterranean?

   • It has been confirmed that dugongs once inhabited the water of the Mediterranean possibly until after the rise of civilizations along the inland sea. This population possibly shared ancestry with the Red Sea population, and the Mediterranean population had never been large due to geographical factors and climate changes.

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   Are dugongs eutherians?

   • Dugongs and elephants share a monophyletic group with hyraxes and the aardvark, one of the earliest offshoots of eutherians. The fossil record shows sirenians appearing in the Eocene, where they most likely lived in the Tethys Ocean.

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   How old is a dugong?

   • Dugongs are long-lived, and the oldest recorded specimen reached age 73. They have few natural predators, although animals such as crocodiles, killer whales, and sharks pose a threat to the young, and a dugong has also been recorded to have died from trauma after being impaled by a stingray barb.

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   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.