Future+Animal

﻿﻿Mana-Fish Modern Animal //Structural Adaption One // There will be a gill cover on the neck of the manatee, this could allow the manatee breathe under water. Thus they will not have to show their nostrils above the water after two to three minutes. And can be capable to stay in the water for a long period of time. Gill cover is similar to many of the fish, all fish breathe by their gill, and the gill cover is for controlling to muscle and to protect the very sensitive breathing area. Similar to fish. //Structural Adaption Two // The bands of muscle could help the manatee swim faster. Like in Tuna fish, they have bands of muscle which could help and make them swim fast under water. This could also help the manatee to achieve a fast and easy swimming activity in the water. //Structural Adaption Three // Stronger flippers, because the flippers that the modern manatees have are not strong enough, the flippers are only used for collecting food, eating and directing under water. But if there are stronger muscle and bone structure for the flippers, it can help the manatee to swim faster. The stronger the bone structures are and the stronger the muscle is can be able to make large body move faster. When manatees are able to swim faster, there will be a lesser chance got killed by motor boats or toxins in water, because they will then be able to escape from polluted area and dangerous area like under the motor boat. Similar to Seal.
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//Structural Adaption Four // A stronger and better skin like polar bears, having furry skin and stronger skin could help manatee live in any temperature of water. Because the modern manatees can only survive in warm and tropical coastal area, they cannot live in an average temperature of 20 degree Celsius. To achieve similar skin as polar bear have could help manatee survive under cold/ low temperature of water. //Behavior Adaption One // Able to eat fish, modern manatees are herbivores they only eat seaweed or any water vegetation [sometimes small tiny fish], if they are able to eat fish like tuna that could help them to survive better. Even though sharks or crocodiles is not their predator, human is the only predator but it will be better if there are a wide range of food that manatee could be able to eat.  **Environment/ Habitat** Referring to the map above, where the red lines are drawn is where the Mana- fish lives. Able to live any area, such as cold and hot area. This could help manatee survive longer and wouldn’t become an endangered animal very soon. The more distribution the better it will develop world- wide. ü If the fur is too thick may not be able to survive in warm water ü <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">If the Mana- fish have gill, they might not be able to survive without water. They will have to stay in water forever and will die once there isn’t any water. ü <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">If they will have to stay in water forever, this means once the water is polluted, it will be very difficult for them to escape ü <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Having stronger muscle help swim faster, which could reduce the chance dying from motor boat <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Bibliography:<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Digital Journal (2011) Elephant ancestor a cross between a tapir and a manatee? Retrieved June 26th 2011 from []﻿|http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/253231]] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">﻿ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">YouTube (2010) Manatee Evolution retrieved June 26th 2011 from [] National Geographic (2011) Manatee retrieved June 26th 2011 from []
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