Dugong

=﻿Dugong=

===﻿Have you ever seen a mermaid? Well, the thing is you thought you saw a mermaid but probably you encountered a dugong. That is because the sounds dugongs emit is like the call of sirens. Also, their name comes from the Malayan word for mermaid.===

===﻿Dugong (Dugong dugon) is a mammal related to manatees and dolphins. It eats mainly sea-grass but when it gets really hungry it may munch on some sea squirts, shellfish, and jellyfish. A grown-up dugong is about 3 meters long and weighs approximately 420 kilograms. They live a long life, and are almost like humans because they can survive for over 70 years and become fully mature at the age of nine to ten. They give birth every three to seven years to one baby dugong.===



===﻿Dugongs swim in the area of the Indian Ocean but as the water gets polluted, dugongs have become vulnerable. Storms and natural predators have declined the amount of dugongs. Another reason for the endangerement of dugongs is that poachers have been hunting them for thousands of years because of their precious meat and oil.===

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Mai, Pipsa,Elina