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These gentle sea cows need to eat up to 100 pounds of vegetation a day, which is why between December 2020 and April 2022, more than 1,200 manatees starved to death, mostly in the northern part of the lagoon.—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 1 May 2025 Here, each sea cow had a blood sample taken along with measurements, photos and a small digital tag inserted into its body.—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025 Along the way, various other species also breathed their last: woolly mammoths, Irish elk, dodos, carrier pigeons, Steller’s sea cows, great auks, thylacines (Tasmanian tigers).—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025 The effort to better understand Florida’s sea cows is featured in episode 11 of this show, which airs on CBS April 26 and includes a segment on eelgrass planting in Crystal River.—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sea cow
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