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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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- National Geographic
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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- Nat Geo Animals
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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- Al Jazeera English
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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In the lagoon formed by the Great Barrier Reef grows fields of sea grass that house a plethora of sea creatures, one of them being the Dugong. Subscribe: ht...
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- Nat Geo Animals
Feb 20, 2020 · 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 in a small group. But there is a ...
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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.
