What nutrients do manatees get from the plants they eat?
Manatees get proteins, vitamins and fiber from the plants they eat just like the nutrients that you would get from eating a bowl of spinach! Q: What medicines and vitamins are manatees given in captivity? A: Well, you had me stumped on this one, so I called the folks over at Sea World Orlando. Sea World has a manatee rehabilitation program, and they care for manatees that have been orphaned or injured in the wild. Manatees are herbivores, and in the wild they eat a large variety of aquatic plants. The Sea World staff told me that the manatees living at the park usually eat a diet that consists of romaine lettuce, apples, carrots, and sweet potatoes. In addition, they serve the manatees monkey chow, which are biscuits that have vitamins to supplement the food they eat at the park. They told me the medicine manatees might get would depend on the situation. For example, they have medicine that would be similar to what humans would take for an upset stomach, and they also have special form
