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Take Our Quiz For AP Credit

1. Manatees rinse their mouths after eating with:

a) Listerine of the Sea
b) Suntan lotion
c) Pebbles

2. Manatees are mammals. Their closest living relative is:

a) Wilfred Brimley
b) The Lorax with scuba gear
c) The elephant

3. Manatees' favorite food is:

a) Turtle tacos
b) Shark noses
c) Water Hyacinth

4. Manatees primary threat is:

a) Furious flounder
b) Rabid sea cucumber
c) Careless humans

5. You can help save the manatee by:

a) Encouraging boats to drive carefully
b) Encouraging people not to litter in the water
c) All of the above!

Well...how did I do?


A Few Good Books About Manatees
(which, not coincidentally, we have)

A Manatee Morning
by Jim Arnosky
Simon & Schuster, 2000
Sam the Sea Cow
by Francine Jacobs
Walker & Company, 1979
Manatee
by Akemi Hotta
Chronicle Books, 1996
Animals in Danger - Florida Manatee
by Rod Theodorou
Heinemann Library, 2001
I'm A Manatee!
by John Lithgow
Illustrated by Ard Hoyt

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