November is National Manatee Awareness Month! While we have yet to offer our services to a manatee owner (because it’s not at all legal to own them), we love them all the same. To celebrate, let’s learn a bit more about the gentle giant!

The 5 Ultimate Facts about Manatees

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Manatees are relatives to the elephant and make their homes mostly along the coastline from Florida to Brazil.
If you remember, though, we did spot one in the Delaware not too long ago…
Manatee lungs are remarkable. They can hold their breath for up to 20 minutes at a time and replace 90 percent of the air in their lungs they breathe in a single breath. To compare that to human abilities, we replace about 10 percent!
Hundreds of years ago, explorers in North American waters believed they saw mermaids when in all likelihood it was just a manatee and too much time at sea plus perfect lighting equaled an honest but silly mistake.
Though manatees don’t have any natural predators, they still need our help. You can contribute to manatee conservation by supporting the Save the Manatee Club or the Florida Manatee Program!