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	Dugong - LoveToKnow 1911
		Dugongs are distinguished from their cousins the manatis by the presence in the upper jaw of the male of a pair of large tusks, which in the female are arrested in their growth, and remain concealed.
		A fullgrown dugong yields from io to 12 gallons of oil, and this forms in cold weather a thick mass, and requires to be melted before a fire previous to being used.
		The flesh of the Australian dugong is easy of digestion, the muscular fibre when fresh resembling beef, and when salted having the flavour of bacon.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Dugong (481 words)

	Dugong Report
		Major concentrations of dugongs tend to occur in wide shallow protected bays, wide shallow mangrove channels and in the lee of large inshore islands.
		Dugongs are also regularly observed in deeper water farther offshore in areas where the continental shelf is wide, shallow and protected.
		The objectives of maintaining dugong numbers at present or higher levels and facilitating the recovery of depleted populations will not be achieved if the only trigger for management intervention in an area is a demonstratively declining population.
	www.unep.org /DEWA/reports/dugongreport.asp (1409 words)

	Ocean Ambassadors -- Dugong
		Population growth is so slow that even without exploitation, in ideal conditions, the Dugong population can only grow by as much as 5% a year.
		he Dugong or sea cow is a large marine mammal belonging to a group of animals known as Sirenians because in ancient times sailors who saw sea cows mistook them for mermaids (sirena).
		Dugongs used to abound throughout the Philippine archipelago, but its population has declined - and continue to decline - rapidly.
	www.oneocean.org /ambassadors/dugong/index.html (483 words)

	Global Alert to Save the Dugong
		The dugong is a snub-nosed mammal that has inspired myths of mermaids and sirens among seafarers because of its dolphin-like tail.
		Helen Marsh, lead author of the report, says dugong populations appear to be diminishing in other areas, with the possible exception of the waters of northern Australia, the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf.
		The dugong feed on sea grass that grows on the sandy beds of the ocean.
	www.tierramerica.net /2002/0317/iarticulo.shtml (753 words)

	The Earth Times/ENVIRONMENT: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef dugong population in question. By Mark Schulman
		Dugong numbers have fallen significantly by between 50 and 80 percent since the early 1980s, according to reports by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.
		Dugongs (Dugong dugon) range in size from about 8-10 ft. (2.4-3 m) long and weigh from 510 to 1,100 pounds (230-500kg).
		Although, Australia has the largest remaining dugong population in the world, their numbers are threatened by such human activities as habitat destruction through coastal developments, pollution, accidental capture in fish nets and overhunting by poachers and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
	www.earthtimes.org /apr/environmentaustraliagreatapr11_01.htm (586 words)

	Case Study
		Dugong life spans are similar to humans with some dugongs reaching 70 years of age.
		Dugongs are found in shallow tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific region.
		This fact, when taken in conjunction with the fact that dugongs feed in areas rich in commercially valuable fish and crustecean species, means that dugongs are at great risk of becoming tangled and drowned in fishing nets.
	www.american.edu /projects/mandala/TED/persian.htm (754 words)

	Dugong (Dugong dugon) - Center for Biological Diversity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Dugongs are saltwater manatees that can live as long as 70 years and grow to nearly 1,000 pounds.
		Dugongs hold a special place in local Okinawan culture because they are traditionally regarded as messengers from the sea gods.
		Dugong are largely content to munch sea grass (jungusa, or literally, “dugong-grass”) on the bottom of ocean shallows.
	www.biologicaldiversity.org /swcbd/species/dugong/index.html (895 words)

	Protect the Dugong - Stop the Airbase \| Greenpeace USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		On March 12, we joined 28 boats with local activists and a 30-foot dugong in a flotilla to protest the proposed American military base that would be built across important dugong habitat.
		Habitat degradation and increasing scarcity of their food have led to the dugong's recent classification as an endangered species.
		As few as 12 dugongs are left in the Okinawa waters.
	www.greenpeace.org /usa/news/save-the-dugong (756 words)

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		Dugongs are difficult to observe in the wild because the valve-like nostrils are located at the tip of the nose.
		Dugongs are widely distributed in the waters of 43 countries along the western Pacific and Indian Oceans.
		However, there is growing evidence that dugongs in subtropical areas also feed on sessile benthic invertebrates (ascidians and polychaetes), perhaps as a result of nutritional stress caused by seasonal fluctuations in the abundance of seagrasses in the southern edge of their range.
	www.ifaw.org /ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=26383 (709 words)

	Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority :: Dugongs
		Dugongs, or sea cows as they are sometimes called, are marine animals which can grow to about three metres in length and weigh as much as 400 kilograms.
		As dugongs feed, whole plants are uprooted and a telltale feeding trail is left.
		Dugongs are more closely related to elephants than to other marine mammals such as whales and dolphins, but their closest living aquatic relatives are the manatees.
	www.gbrmpa.gov.au /corp_site/info_services/publications/dugong (789 words)

	Wild Egypt - Red Sea Diving
		The Dugong's nickname of Sea Cow is well-deserved, for its favorite pastime is grazing on the thick beds of sea grasses.
		The Dugong, and its close cousin the Manatee, have long been thought by zoologists to be the source of the mermaid legends.
		It is very common for female Dugongs to nurse their young while floating on their backs, and holding the calf in their armlike flippers.
	www.touregypt.net /wildegypt/red1.htm (313 words)

	Bombed Out Records - Dugong
		Hailing from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Dugong had been honing their own unique style of indie-rock/emo/punk as an integral part of the local underground music scene for 8 years until they went on indefinite hiatus on 14th August 2005.
		Dugong continued to write and play and the gigs became further and further afield.
		Dugong played their last gig headlining the Sunday of the 2005 Out of Spite festival at Joseph’s Well in Leeds, with a show that ranked amongst the band’s finest.
	www.bombedout.com /dugong (443 words)

	Factsheets - Dugong
		Dugongs are considered relatively abundant in Australian waters where they are legally protected by all States and the Commonwealth.
		Dugongs tend to occur in groups or herds and their movement over an area can be followed by the sand plume disturbances to the sea floor.
		Reynolds, J.E. and Odell, D.K. Manatees and Dugongs.
	www.amonline.net.au /factsheets/dugong.htm (375 words)

	ADW: Dugong dugon: Information
		Dugongs are born a pale cream color, but they darken with age to a deep slate gray dorsally and laterally.
		Feeding is the principal activity of dugongs and typically occurs in water 1-5 m deep.
		Dugongs are aquatic herbivores and feed on the phangerogamous sea grasses of the families Potomogetonaceae and Hydrocharitaceae.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Dugong_dugon.html (847 words)

	Marine Biology: The Dugong - Distribution and Habitat
		The presence of dugongs is reported in the Bajuni islands and in the south of the country, with migration to and from the island of Lamu, in the North of Kenya.
		Thailand: dugongs are present on both coastlines of this country: the coast of the Andamane to the west and the gulf of Thailand to the east.
		The dugong is therefore considered extinct in this area, taking into account that the usual traces the dugong leaves in the seagrass haven't been seen, no accidental captures have been reported after 1970 and that fishing nets are widely used in the area, acting as a menace to the survival of this species.
	www.robertosozzani.it /Dugong/habitatEN.html (4249 words)

	Club Paradise - Dugong - TravelSmart.NET
		All populations of dugong except the Australian population are listed in Appendix I of CITES (Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Flora and Fauna) and are therefore endangered.
		Dugong meat is considered a delicacy, and is said to be tastier than beef.
		This dugong is a male with some parallel scars on the back and a distinctive scar on the left side of the body.
	www.travelsmart.net /ph/resorts/Palawan/Club_Paradise/Dugong.htm (642 words)

	Dugong by John (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Dugong is not a word that you would use to meditate.
		A dugong is a relative of the manatee.
		Dugongs live at the bottom of the sea where here is a lot of sea grass.
	www.crockerfarm.org /ac/gr3/animals/JohnDugong.htm (253 words)

	Dugong - Dugong dugon: More Information - ARKive
		Dugongs are usually seen as solitary individuals or in a group of two, although larger groups of several hundred individuals have often been recorded.
		Dugongs are more closely related to elephants than the cows after which they are named, and have a particularly long large intestine to aid digestion (8).
		Dugongs have decreased in number throughout their range to the extent that in some areas only relict populations remain, but a significant stronghold still persists in Australia (3).
	www.arkive.org /species/GES/mammals/Dugong_dugon/more_info.html (766 words)

	Dugong - Mermaids of Moreton Bay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Dugong can live to 70 years of age, with adults growing to three metres in length and weighing up to 400 kilograms.
		Dugong are naturally shy animals, and are usually very difficult to locate in the Bay.
		Dugong in other parts of the world tend to be solitary or in small groups.
	www.users.bigpond.com /wildlifebb/wildlife/mammals/dugong.html (391 words)

	Save Ningaloo - Dugong
		Dugongs have been touted as being perhaps the most endangered marine mammal, and possibly one of the most endangered large mammals, in the Western Indian Ocean region (Preen, 1998).
		Dugongs are known to be quite shy creatures, so it is possible that an increased human presence could see them disappear from the area altogether.
		Due to the fact that dugongs are long-lived animals with a very low reproductive rate, threats to their survival have a particularly profound effect on the population as a whole (Marsh et al, 1999).
	www.save-ningaloo.org /frames/dugong/dugong.html (620 words)

	Marine Biology: The Dugong - Description
		Dugongs have, in fact, poor eyesight: the eye is small, sunken and protected by a well developed nictitating membrane.
		Dugongs are born with a light brown colour, which darkens as they grow older, dorsally and laterally, to a more brown-yellowish colour.
		The dugong's skeleton is dense and heavy, characterized by the absence of pneumatic cavities, thus increasing the specific weight that helps to stay submerged in shallow waters.
	www.robertosozzani.it /Dugong/descrizioneEN.html (703 words)

	Marine Species Conservation - Dugongs
		Dugongs are large grey mammals which spend their entire lives in the sea.
		In Australia, Dugongs swim in the shallow coastal waters of northern Australia from the Queensland/New South Wales border in the east to Shark Bay on the Western Australian coast.
		Dugong are subject to a range of human threats in Australia, including entanglement in shark, mesh and gill nets, loss and degradation of important habitat such as seagrass meadows, and collisions with boats (also known as boat strikes).
	www.environment.gov.au /coasts/species/dugongs/index.html (475 words)

	Dugongs - an endangered species surviving at Hervey Bay
		Dugongs are members of the sirenian family now considered endangered, but they are still surviving at Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia.
		Dugongs are now considered to be an endangered species, facing a variety of serious threats.
		Dugongs have long been hunted for food throughout the world, and are a traditional food of the local Aboriginal people.
	dkd.net /whales/dugongs.html (474 words)

	Dugong -- Pictures, Animal Facts, Habitats, Video, Sound, Wallpaper -- National Geographic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Dugongs are related to manatees and are similar in appearance and behavior— though the dugong's tail is fluked like a whale's.
		Dugongs spend much of their time alone or in pairs, though they are sometimes seen gathered in large herds of a hundred animals.
		Dugongs are now legally protected throughout their range, but their populations are still in a tenuous state.
	www3.nationalgeographic.com /animals/mammals/dugong.html (327 words)

	dugong - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Dugong, large marine mammal that inhabits the tropical waters of the Indian and western Pacific oceans.
		Sirenia, order of aquatic herbivorous mammals, including the dugong, the manatee, and the extinct Steller's sea cow.
		dolphin, dugong, grampus, manatee, porpoise, sea lion, seal, walrus, whale, anteater, armadillo, badger, ferret, hare, hedgehog, hyrax, marten, mink,...
	encarta.msn.com /dugong.html (107 words)

	Australian Native Wildlife Gallery: Dugong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Dugong, sometimes referred to as a 'sea cow', feeds entirely on seagrass in sheltered, shallow tropical coastal regions.
		The Dugong swims relatively slowly by means of vertical movements of its horizontally 'whale-like' fluked tail, surfacing about every 80 seconds to breathe air via two valvular nostrils on the front of its head.
		The Dugong's body shape resembles that of a plump dolphin and their head is dominated by a wide, pig-like snout.
	www.abchsn.com /aus_wildlife/dugong.html (319 words)

	Section B - Dugong
		The dugong is a mammal and so breathes air through two nostrils on the top of its snout, is warm blooded, and gives birth to live young that closely resemble the adults.
		Dugong are usually either solitary or found in small loose herds of 6 to 30 animals that move slowly around together.
		Dugong tend to live in small herds of up to 30 individuals although much larger groups are sometimes seen.
	www.reef.edu.au /asp_pages/secb.asp?FormNo=65 (917 words)

	dugong
		Dugong (Dugong dugon) and its closest living aquatic relative the manatee are more closely related to elephants than to whales or dolphins and belong to the order Sirenia in the mammal family
		Dugong can grow to over three meters in length and weigh in excess of 400 kilos, feeding exclusively on seagrass, cropping the leaves and roots, a feeding habit that has earned them the nickname of “sea-cow”.
		Dugongs have a fluked tail which is used for swimming, have no dorsal fin, and use their front flippers for balance and turning.
	www.hawar-islands.com /dugong.html (1385 words)

	Lesson Plans - Dugongs and Elephants—Cousins?
		Dugongs are large mammals that look like a cross between seals and walruses but are actually more closely related to elephants.
		Dugongs are threatened in almost all of their habitat, but they thrive in Western Australia's Shark Bay, where an estimated 10,000 dugongs eat sea grass and try to avoid tiger sharks, their primary predator.
		Students should realize that dugongs had to evolve these features in order to live in the ocean, and elephants had to keep their own special characteristics in order to live on land.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /xpeditions/lessons/08/g35/ccdugong.html (1068 words)

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