Assertion: manatee | /r/HasProperty | slow
Facets:
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: typically
type: DEGREE
value: with one rear flipper
type: OTHER
value: notably
type: DEGREE
value: near the surface
type: LOCATION
value: like sloths
type: OTHER
value: in size
type: OTHER
value: internally
type: DEGREE
value: in terms of speed
type: OTHER
value: with human-like eyes
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Manatees are slow moving mammals that frequent the water's surface.
text: Although manatees’ ears have small openings, they are large internally and are located behind each eye.
text: They are slow-moving, frequently hit by boats, and are still hunted some parts of their range.
text: Manatees are slow swimmers.
text: Manatees are usually pretty slow creatures, traveling at an average of five miles per hour.
text: The manatee is a slow eater and tends to spend a significant amount of their time grazing and eating.
text: Manatees are slow movers
text: Manatees are typically very slow animals, but can swim up to 20 mph.
text: Though it is streamlined in shape to reduce water resistance, the manatee is a slow swimmer, averaging a speed of about three to five miles per hour.
text: In a 2006 study, neuroscientist Roger L. Reep found that manatees are “as adept at experimental tasks as dolphins, though they are slower moving and, having no taste for fish, more difficult to motivate.
text: The manatee is a large creature with two fore-flippers and one rear flipper that acts as a rudder when it swims.
text: Manatees are large creatures known for their friendly and laid-back personality.
text: Reasons they are under threat include the fact that manatees are often being hit by boats, as they are shallow swimmers, encountering toxins such as red tides (algae blooms), being hunted down for their meat, and their habitats destroyed by humans (surprise!).
text: Manatees are slow-moving animals and are often involved in collisions with boats.
text: Manatees are slow-moving mammals that are shaped like seals.
text: Much like sloths, manatees are known to be such slow creatures that moss tends to grow on their bodies.
text: Many people know that a manatee is a large slow moving creature often referred to as a sea cow.
text: Manatees are slow-moving aquatic mammals with human-like eyes, bulbous faces and paddle-like tails.
text: Manatees are typically pretty slow, but, can swim up to 20 mph.
text: In terms of speed, manatees are notably quite slow, traveling at 8 km/hr when they’re swimming casually from point A to point B, or even slower if they’re grazing or just hanging around.
text: Huge, gentle and curious: Manatees are slow moving, non-aggressive, and generally curious creatures.
text: Since manatees are slow, and as some consider, not possessing a large amount of intelligence, they frequently do not have time to get out of the way when a powerboat approaches quickly.
text: Manatees are in fact so slow and leisurely, that many of them have algae or barnacles growing on their backs.
text: Manatees are slow moving underwater animals.
text: All manatee are very large and they can weigh up to 1,200 pounds.
text: Manatee is large and makes a great barrier against this negativity.
text: Manatees are large – some can weigh as much as 1,200 pounds, although Amazonian manatees are smaller.
text: They are so large that as adults, they have no natural predators.
text: While they are quite large in size, the fact that they move too slowly means they can’t gain enough momentum to cause harm with their bodies.
text: Manatees are slow-moving and therefore unable to swim quickly away from boats; this often results in collisions that may cause injury or death to the creatures.
text: They are slow-moving and are frequently hit by boats.
text: They are slow swimmers who use their two flippers (located close to the head) and a flattened tail to move through the water.
text: Manatees are slow swimmers near the surface and the number of boats with motors is increasing.
text: Manatees are slow creatures and usually swim at a speed of 5 miles an hour