The Sea’s Gentle Vegetarians — Dugongs & Their Ocean Cousins 💙 Did you know a dugong can eat up to 30 kilos of seagrass a day? They are one of the only vegetarian marine mammals, spending most of their time grazing on seagrass meadows, like underwater cows keeping the ocean floor clean and alive. Their close relatives, the manatees, share the same plant-based diet, but live far away, in the Atlantic and Caribbean waters. 🌏 Dugongs are found in the Indo-Pacific, including the Philippines, Austr

27K views · 2.6K reactions | : bugDreamer.com // The dugong is one of 4 living species of the order Sirenia, along with 3 manatee species. Sirenians are the only herbivores among marine mammals. They are classified in the clade Paenungulata, alongside the elephants and the hyraxes, and evolved in the Eocene 50 million years ago. Meaning, their closest relatives are actually land-dwelling creatures rather than marine mammals! | Ocean Conservation Research - OCR | Facebook

14M views · 265K reactions | This is a dugong 懶 Gentle sea giants that can weigh up to 800 pounds, they are commonly called “sea-cows.”  Unfortunately, this species is threatened by sea grass habitat loss, which makes up most of their diet. : dive_with_german_girl #seacow #conservation #diving #relaxing #satisfying | Animal Planet | Facebook