Z ovocných složek je nejčastěji zastoupeno jablko, plody šípku, ibišek, jahody, maliny, ananas a pomeranč, ale v menším množství samozřejmě i další druhy. Apart from mothers with their young, or males following a receptive female, manatees are generally solitary animals. Sticking Their Necks out for Evolution: Why Sloths and Manatees Have Unusually Long (or Short) Necks". Manatees are capable of understanding discrimination tasks and show signs of complex associative learning.

Using their divided upper lip, an adult manatee will commonly eat up to 10%–15% of their body weight (about 50kg) per day. Poprvé se lístky mohou škubat na čtyřletých keřích, a to třemi způsoby: standardní sklizeň (dva lístky a jeden listový pupen), střední sklizeň (tři lístky a jeden pupen) a hrubá sklizeň (čtyři lístky a pupen). The etymology of the name is unclear, with connections having been made to Latin manus "hand" and to pre-Columbian Taíno manati "breast".The remainder of the time is mostly spent grazing in shallow waters at depths of 1–2m (3ft 3in– 6ft 7in).

When threatened, the manatee's response is to dive as deeply as it can, suggesting that threats have most frequently come from land dwellers such as humans rather than from other water-dwelling creatures such as caimans or sharks. Studie prokazují, že neobsahuje žádné kalorie, výborně zahání žízeň, lehce povzbuzuje a pomáhá při nejrůznějších potížích. My milujeme mlsaly… a tak jsme nemohli v naší nabídce ovocných čajů vynechat červené šťavnaté plody léta. The reclassification was met with controversy, with Florida congressman Vern Buchanan and groups such as the Save the Manatee Club and the Center for Biological Diversity expressing concerns that the change would have a detrimental effect on conservation efforts.Macro-habitat preferences by the African manatee and crocodiles – ecological and conservation implications". Their ears are large internally but the external openings are small, and they are located four inches behind each eye. In winter, manatees often gather near the warm-water outflows of power plants along the Florida coast, instead of migrating south as they once did.