2007-02-04 20:53:54 · 3 answers · asked by esther song 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
dugongs are not extinct. they are commonly found in tropical waters. dugongs are also believed to be the place where the myths that mermaids exsist.
2007-02-04 21:16:16 · answer #1 · answered by mrpk5 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dugongs and Manatees are not extinct, you may be thinking of their larger cousin 'Stella's Seacow' which went extinct a couple of centuries ago due to human predation.
Discovered in 1741 - made extinct thanks to hunting less than 30 years later. Aren't we humans wonderful?
2007-02-05 05:56:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"you may be thinking of their larger cousin 'Stella's Seacow' which went extinct a couple of centuries ago due to human predation."
I don't know who Stella was but the seacow in question was named after Georg Steller who discovered it. Steller was the naturalist with Vitus Bering after whom the Bering Strait is named.
2007-02-05 08:47:56 · answer #3 · answered by tentofield 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋