Manatees like to eat sea grasses and other plants. Manatees like warm waters. They give birth to live babies. Manatees are very slow moving. Manatees like to be touched and scratched.
Manatees are very gentle creatures.
Manatees need to be protected from motor boats. Manatees need to be protected from people who kill them for their meat. Manatees need to be protected from trash that is thrown in water like plastic. Manatees migrate into warmer places in the winter. Manatees live in the United States in the waters off Florida.