What is the “peduncle” of a manatee?
A. The peduncle is the base of the tail, right where it connects to the body of the manatee. It’s the tastiest part. Q. What is the average weight of a manatee? A. The average adult manatee is about 10-12 feet long and weighs about 1,500-1,800 pounds. Q. What is the record weight of a manatee? A. Adult manatees have been known to exceed lengths of 13 feet and weigh over 3,500 pounds. Q. How do people tell manatees apart? A. Sadly enough, most adult manatees living in the wild bear scars from at least one watercraft collision. In fact, manatee scars are so commonplace, researchers use them as a method of individual identification. Our mascot, Max Manatee, sports three deep boat scars. Q. Does a manatee’s skin ever change color? A. When manatees are born, they are a gray-black in color. Within a month they change to gray. Manatee adults range in color from gray to brownish-gray. Q. Do manatees have blowholes? A.Manatees do not have blowholes. They breathe through nostrils, like seals. Th
