Assertion: dugong | /r/CapableOf | use their flippers
Facets:
value: like feet
type: MANNER
value: for manoeuvring
type: PURPOSE
value: to steady their bodies
type: PURPOSE
value: for balance
type: PURPOSE
value: to pull seagrasses
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Dugongs in particular use their flippers to pull seagrasses out of the seafloor, eating the roots and rhizomes as well.
text: When swimming, a dugong has a streamlined body and uses its whale-like fluked tail and front flippers resulting in slow graceful movements, which early sailors probably likened to mermaids.
text: They have whale-like fluked tails and use their front flippers for manoeuvring and balance.
text: Dugongs, using their flippers like feet to steady their bodies, spend the majority of their waking lives grazing along the seagrass beds leaving behind cropped or bare strips (De Iongh et al., 2007; MarVERG, 2007).