Assertion: manatee | /r/RelatedTo | elephant
Facets:
value: more closely
type: DEGREE
value: distantly
type: DEGREE
value: despite the name
type: OTHER
value: despite this nickname
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: However, despite the name, they are more closely related to elephants.
text: Manatees are more closely related to the elephant than they are to other marine creatures.
text: Manatees resemble to walrus or small whales, but they are more closely related to elephants.
text: They are also known as sea cows, but despite this nickname, they are more closely related to elephants.
text: It may seem weird since the creatures never leave the water, but manatees are actually more closely related to elephants than fish.
text: Manatees are related to elephants.
text: Did you know that manatees are related to elephants?
text: Consider that the Manatee is distantly related to elephants.
text: We know that dugongs and manatees are related to elephants and hyraxes because they share several traits, such as spherical hearts, three or four toenails, similar skin and hair, and teeth that can be shed.
text: Manatees and dugongs are also closely related to the elephant.
text: Surely whales once came from the land, too, due to vestigal hind legs still existing in their skeletal systems, but I don't see why manatees would be at all closely related to the elephant.
text: But if you "don't see why manatees would be at all closely related to the elephant" than you must have, prior to posting a veracity challenge regarding manatee biology, arrived at everything you know about the manatee directly from this article, which is strange since you must necessarily have access to the rest of the internet.
text: Manatees are actually very closely related to the hyrax and the elephant.