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It's a Fact! A large percentage of the manatee’s body is taken up by the digestive (gut) tract, which includes the stomach and intestines. The plants that manatees eat have a low nutritional value, so they make up for that by eating large quantities of them. Get more info about manatee anatomy>>


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