minnbuckeye Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Hugolee has a recent post showing pictures of dugong bone. The responses to his post tickled my interest in the subject and caused me to do a little research on both manatees and dugongs. I am now more intelligent regarding this subject, BUT could not figure out a question that came to mind. Any help in educating me is appreciated!! Waters in Florida must have been infested with dugongs for as many bones that are found. Dugongs in Florida died out at the time that manatees arrived. WHY???? Was it possible that manatees outcompeted the dugongs? I saw a cold snap was given as a reason for a particular population studied. Was this the reason for all dugongs? If so, why did the manatees survive the cold? Just askin!!! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 this article? 1409.7589.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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minnbuckeye Posted March 26, 2017 Author Share Posted March 26, 2017 Thanks doushantuo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 One of the better approaches to studying sea cow evolution in the North Atlantic is this paper, published by my colleague Jorge Velez-Juarbe: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0031294 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted March 27, 2017 Author Share Posted March 27, 2017 Thanks Boesse. Excellent article explaining things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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