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Amazon oil drilling plan excludes unique hybrid manatees too big for rescue https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/amazon-oil-drilling-plan-excludes-unique-hybrid-manatees-too-big-for-rescue/

#Amazon #environment #wildlife #manatees #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #oil #drilling

Amazon oil drilling plan excludes unique hybrid manatees too big for rescue

A rare hybrid population faces an oil frontier with a rescue plan that experts call insufficient.

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Art History Animalia May 28

It's #WorldDugongDay! #DYK the #dugong is the only surviving Sirenian cousin of the #manatees; its closest modern relative, Steller's Sea Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), was hunted to extinction in the 18th century. 😢
Louis Paul Jonas (USA, 1894-1971)
Dugong sculpture, H7 x W14 x D7.25 in.
https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/louis-paul-jonas-studios-dugong-67-c-a654570afa

Art History Animalia May 11

For #MothersDay :
Charley Harper (USA, 1922-2007)
“Momatee”
Original gouache on artist board c.1960s; later published in Jan. 1972 issue of Ford Times Magazine
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15ZMpfQjk2/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Lithograph:
https://www.charleyharperartstudio.com/momatee.html
#Manatees

CUTETROPOLIS May 5

Spring is here and the Cincinnati Zoo is full of new life, from frolicking bear cubs, to clingy primates, and oh, the not-so-huge manatee!

https://youtu.be/xwuNxctriOA?si=vv5TmO9tlC8q4cab

https://cutetropolis.com/2026/05/05/cincinnati-zoo-baby-animals/ #Bears #BigKittens #Cats #Cheetahs #Chimpanzees #Gorillas #Kittens #Manatees #Otters

TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨Apr 21

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦫🌊 Natural solutions like #beavers building dams and #bison grazing the plains can lock up #carbon better than many technologies we are currently building. This #video from the American #Museum of Natural #History shows how wild #animals manage carbon cycles to help stabilize the #climate.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/carbon-catchers-how-animals-and-plants-stabilize-earths-climate-video?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=carbon-catchers-climate

#amnh #biology #chemistry #climatechange #conservation #coral #earth #earthday #elephants #forest #geology #hydrology #manatees #nature #ocean #plants #poop #science #wetlands #whales #tksst

TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨Apr 20

🦫🌊 Natural solutions like #beavers building dams and #bison grazing the plains can lock up #carbon better than many technologies we are currently building.

This #video from the American #Museum of Natural #History shows how wild #animals manage carbon cycles to help stabilize the #climate.

#amnh #biology #chemistry #climatechange #conservation #coral #earth #earthday #elephants #forest #geology #hydrology #manatees #nature #ocean #plants #poop #science #wetlands #whales #tksst

Jeri Dansky Mar 26

It's Manatee Appreciation Day; thanks to @stilgherrian and @mycrowgirl for reminding me!

So here's a manatee from the Mote Marine Aquarium in Sarasota, Florida.

#Florida #manatees

Art History Animalia Mar 26

For #ManateeAppreciationDay :
Charley Harper (USA, 1922-2007)
“Momatee”
Original gouache on artist board c.1960s; later published in Jan. 1972 issue of Ford Times Magazine
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15ZMpfQjk2/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Lithograph:
https://www.charleyharperartstudio.com/momatee.html
#Manatees

Art History Animalia Mar 26

For #ManateeAppreciationDay :
André Margat (France, 1903-1997)
Lamantins ( #Manatees ), 1957
Watercolor on paper, 48 x 63 cm
https://www.poussecornet.com/lot/122324/17366827-andre-margat-paris-1903-1997-lamantins-aquarelle-sur-papier

MSPCA-Angell Mar 25

It's #ManateeAppreciationDay! Did you know that #manatees occasionally swim as far north as #CapeCod? Or that half of their day is spent sleeping in the water?🌊 What a life! To learn more about the cows of the #sea, visit https://www.mspca.org/animal_protection/animal-welfare-marine-life/

#massachusetts #animal #animals #ocean #manatee