Active Anatomy Immune System Dr. Gregg Bossart of the Miami Seaquarium was intrigued by the manatee s amazing ability to survive hideous boat wounds. As a member of the veterinary team, he often worked on animals that no one believed would survive yet they did survive and made a full recovery. His expectation when looking at the wounds was that, even if the animal could survive the wound, it would die of a secondary infection and often, he was proven wrong. The manatee, though maimed for life, survived.
Manatees have an enormous ability to fight infection because they posses so many white blood cells.
This is an important discovery, because many of the diseases now afflicting people are caused by deficiencies in our immune systems.