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  Manatee | See cows | Dugong @Sumber: Bing Manatee Manatees are closer cousins to elephants than to fellow sea mammals like whales and dolphins. They follow a fully herbivorous diet of sea grasses and other marine plants – so these fish don’t need to worry about being eaten by the manatee on our homepage. Human activity is a substantial threat to these creatures, known as ‘sea cows’, which are often hurt or killed by boat propellers. But the good news is manatee populations near Florida in the United States, where our photo has been taken, have improved since their low point in the early 1990s, when it was thought only about 1,200 were left. There are estimated to be 5,000 or more in Florida today and at least 13,000 worldwide. Manatee @ See cows @ Dugong - Definitely NOT SIAKAP! 😅 Facts: Dugongs are cousins of manatees and share a similar plump appearance, but have a dolphin fluke-like tail. And unlike manatees, which use freshwater areas, the dugong is strictly a marine mammal....

Fanal forest on the island of Madeira, Portugal Today we’re exploring a subtropical forest on the Portuguese island of Madeira off the north-west coast of Africa. Fanal forest is part of the Laurisilva forest, the largest surviving laurel forest in the world. About 90% of the forest's growth remains uncut, and the forest was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1999 for its ecological importance and beauty. Laurel forests, also called laurisilvas, covered most of Southern Europe millions of years ago. Old-growth areas like this one that were never cleared for agriculture include laurels that are around 500 years old. Credit: Bing

  An ichthyosaur fossil, Dinosaurland Fossil Museum, Lyme Regis, England We’re looking at the fossil of an ichthyosaur at the Dinosaurland Fossil Museum in Lyme Regis, on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, England. The word 'ichthyosaur' means 'fish lizard', an appropriate name for the large extinct marine reptiles that swam the oceans from around 250 million years ago and survived until about 90 million years ago. English palaeontologist Mary Anning discovered the first ichthyosaur in the cliffs of Lyme Regis in 1811 when she was just 12 years old. She uncovered the complete 5.2-metre-skeleton near her home after her brother Joseph had found the creature’s skull. Mary went on to make more remarkable discoveries in her life, including a long-necked marine reptile called a plesiosaur and a flying reptile called a Dimorphodon, which was the first pterosaur found outside Germany Credit: Bing walpaper