10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEA COW»
Discover the use of
sea cow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sea cow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Follows the adventures of a manatee, or sea cow, from birth till after he leaves his mother.
Francine Jacobs, Laura Kelly, 2009
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
Without careful Field study it is impossible to tell whether sea-cow bones from
Bering Island are of Pleistocene or Holocene age, but the historic evidence for
extensive killing of sea cows in the 18th century leads to the conclusion that most
of ...
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Does a
Sea Cow Say Moo?
When Flash arrives on the beach by spaceship, he quizzes Jack about why some names on the sea are the same as on land, such as a school of fish and a school in town, or a cow in the sea and a cow in a field. Includes "wacky fish facts."
Terry Webb Harshman, George McClements, 2008
Robert W. Beard. Two Years Aboard the USS Manatee Robert W. Beard
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Walker's Mammals of the World
Dugong is generally 250-350 cm in length, whereas Steller's sea cow measured
around 800 cm. The flippers in Steller's sea cow were curiously bent and were
said to have been used to pull an individual along the bottom of the ocean as it ...
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Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals
are ones attached to alleged sea cow skin fragments, but these latter are likely to
pertain instead to whales. “White worms half a foot long,” observed by Steller in
the stomach and intestine of the sea cow, were probably ascarid nematodes; ...
William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig, J. G.M. Thewissen, 2009
Describes the large sea mammal which lived in the cold Arctic waters for centuries until becoming extinct twenty-seven years after its discovery by a German naturalist.
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Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology
2 (June 1999): 12–15, http://www.strangeark. com/nabr/NABR2.pdf. Steller's Sea
Cow A large SIRENIAN of the North Pacific Ocean, presumed extinct since 1768.
Scientific name: Hydrodamalis gigas, given by Eberhard Zimmerman in 1780.
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Manatees and Dugongs of the World
Rather than teeth, the Steller's sea cow had "two broad bones (one on the upper
jaw and one the lower) . . . with many crooked furrows and ridges" for crushing
food. As with other sirenians, it had only pectoral flippers, but Steller describes ...
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Walker's Marine Mammals of the World
Dugong is generally 250-350 cm in length, whereas Steller's sea cow measured
around 800 cm. The flippers in Steller's sea cow were curiously bent and were
said to have been used to pull an individual along the bottom of the ocean as it ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEA COW»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
sea cow is used in the context of the following news items.
Rapid action necessary to protect Malaysia'n sea cows and their …
The dugong is an herbivore and is often called a sea cow because it grazes on seagrass meadows. Many of those meadows suffer from loss and degradation, ... «Phys.Org, May 15»
Girl on Spring Break freaks out when a manatee swims up to her in …
This is the moment a terrified spring-breaker freaked out and begged for help - to escape from a harmless sea cow. The swimmer was in the water in Florida ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
How 19 frightened manatees were rescued from a drainpipe in Fla.
Their nickname — the “sea cow” — is not flattering. And with Florida facing historic cold temperatures, they just want to crawl into a relatively warm drainpipe and ... «Washington Post, Feb 15»
Yeehaw! See The Sea Cow Roundup In Florida's Citrus County …
Every January for the last 28 years, Citrus County has commemorated the return of the sea cow -- also known as the Florida Manatee -- to their winter home with ... «Huffington Post, Jan 15»
Sea cow makes rare appearance in Mississippi waters
That's because they stumbled upon a sea cow in their own backyard. Unfortunately it was found too late, the manatee was dead. According to officials, the ... «WLOX, Dec 14»
80 homes damaged in Sea Cow Lake fire
08 December 2014 at 07:39 by Shaun Ryan - Firefighters have managed to extinguish a fire at an informal settlement in Durban's Sea Cow Lake area. «East Coast Radio, Dec 14»
MOOOve over! Wild sea cow steals the show by PHOTOBOMBING …
Beach-blonde Meredith Fozkos had her perfect underwater snap interrupted by the bulky underwater beast - often nicknamed sea cows - while snorkelling in ... «Express.co.uk, Sep 14»
Sea cow fossil found along Orange County toll road
Paleontologists from San Diego's Natural History Museum say they're almost certain it's the fossil of a sea cow, which belongs to a group of animals that includes ... «KABC-TV, Jul 14»
MetalBeard's Sea Cow LEGO set Review
MetalBeard's Sea Cow is the largest set my crew has ever put together. At 2741 pieces in all, it took several hours for a full construction - and only with intense ... «SlashGear, Jun 14»
Who You Calling a Sea Cow?! Swimming With The Manatees of …
It's a beautiful morning in Isla Mujeres, Mexico (isn't it always?) and my fiancé just told me he's going to leave me — for an 800-pound manatee named Sabina. «Yahoo Travel, Jun 14»
