They are related to the elephant. Adult manatees may reach 13 feet long and weigh 1500 pounds. Their skin in wrinkled-looking. They have pudgy faces with small eyes. They can hear very well.
Manatees feed on the vegetation they find in the shallow water of rivers and along coastlines.
Baby manatees are born alive in the water. Calves are about six feet long and weigh 60 to 70 pounds. Their skin is almost black. When the calf is born, the mother pushed it to the surface to breathe. The mother manatee has all the responsibility for the calf.