Manatees and Dugongs in Danger | Blue Realm | Free Documentary Nature

[@Sweetwildflower]

Came for Dugongs AND more than HALF way through and NO mention. Thank you for sharing your work with Manatees.💕

[@oogahwesup]

he literally said 'dugong' in the :28 mark. what do you mean?

[@kalsven]

Even goes over the big differences between the 2 😆 someone wasn't listening

[@burninghard]

If people are not even willing to slow down a bit with their boats in order to save a core species you know humanity is truely doomed.

[@vex2960]

@First Last good excuse

[@dem0nchild610]

@First Last like us humans fully committed to destroying everything around us so we can have the newest things

[@MarcellusJasonClay]

In my country, the back side of boats are equipped with some kind of wire grids to prevent boat propellers from injuring dugongs. Maybe the US should do the same for the manatees

[@NicVandEmZ]

Just breed them with each other

[@wilsonng7554]

They are selfish, Manatees=Vulnerable, only few manatees in the world

[@crazierthings3022]

I love being a Floridian. I was swimming with these beautiful creatures before there was a market for it. They really are gentle giants. The manatees I used to swim with as a child would swim right up to you. They can be spooked but if you're quiet and don't make any sudden movements it's a truly amazing experience.

[@wilsonng7554]

a lot of boats are killing them

[@kogabuu2657]

I've been lucky enough to see a wild manatee. A truly amazing and beautiful creature

[@lenardacejo7894]

The lumpy sea potato is indeed a beautiful site to see

[@laraetucker1614]

When the dude said he's had people tell him "I never got to see dinosaurs so why should my kids get to see manatees"....that pissed me off more than it should have. I hope that guy responds with something like this: "did you ever get to meet your great grandparents? No? Well would you like to meet your own great grand kids? Yes? Then piss off and do something about it."

[@oopopp]

0:14 I LOVE the way Manatees and Dugongs eat... lol

[@stephenlongstreet8305]

We have them here in Louisiana too. They swim from Florida staying close to shore then through Breton Sound into Lake Ponchartrain and finally into Lake Maurepas. Since shell dredging was halted in the 1970’s, water quality has been greatly improved and all marine life has benefited. If they decided to go the long way, they could swim up from the mouth of the Mississippi River and find nice warm water at 2 nuclear reactor sites; Waterford 3 and River Bend. They tend to hang out in mass during he winter months here habitually. Their population numbers would surely plummet if nuclear plants where to shut down for maintenance during very cold weather, because of their habits and because the next warm spot to swim to could be hundreds of miles away.

[@LittleBillysWorld]

It could be the case they are harming the manatee. Trying to protect them does not mean that it is okay to harm it either

[@kristina7065]

the capturing, chipping and sampling had me traumatized, can’t imagine how the animals felt. Imagine suddenly weighing x5 your weight out of water and losing a toe for science.

[@nichochan8681]

I used to live near here in a place called Titusville. My mom's bf at the time would take his boat out and we'd see them and dolphins pretty frequently as they'd come up to surface. It was pretty epic, but sad to see all the scars on their backs. Even the calves had some scars and they don't have natural predators.

[@adreabrooks11]

9 minutes of dugong content in a 46-minute video... and I had been so excited... Still, it's nice to see *any* dugong coverage for a change! Also coulda done without that same munching sound effect every time they showed a creature (even the sea turtle) eating.

[@PAULLONDEN]

Valid point about the dugong....... Although the greenery crunching sound might be because these creatures spend about 18 hours a day grazing ? 36:32 😏

[@adreabrooks11]

@@PAULLONDEN Nah. It's definitely a canned sound effect, being used repeatedly. Still, quality dugong footage is a rare treat. :)

[@Immagiraffe101]

Lol I don’t know why that made me laugh. 💀

[@fugitivetattoo]

Looks like those "biologists" completely traumatized that poor guy. That stress prob took years off his life.

[@cristallewis6125]

all of the Manatees are so cute

[@miles689]

the lack of dugongs in this video is so upsetting :(

[@pango-y8j]

Today is national Manatee Day... Let's give em props?

[@kalsven]

Beautiful animals! 😃

[@shatnermohanty6678]

30:14 size of Elephants ? They are smaller than Hippos .

[@RainbowBoyChris]

Manatees are look like hippopotamuses 🦛

[@joeyd4364]

Outstanding presentation! Very informative and professional.

[@anonymouspunk9968]

This film was made in 2008. It is right now 2022. It was made 14 years ago. I heard a radio broadcast a few months ago saying there is some kind of run off or pollution of some kind from maybe plants that tread and release water that is causing algae blooms. Those are killing all the sea grasses they eat. They were forced to feed them to keep them from a mass starvation event. The algae are clouding up the water, so sunlight wasn't reaching where the sea grasses normally grow. Photosynthesis isn't possible anymore due to less light getting through. I guess perhaps fertilizers or something similar is getting into the water. They said to fix it would cost billions of dollars, with a b, and take something like 10-20 years to solve the problem.

[@thewonthatloss227]

Oh snap its an evolved seal. Dewgong

[@shatnermohanty6678]

Oh no , it's just an Elephant left in the water for too long 😁

[@philipmendisco6656]

My family used to harvest manatees by the thousands . they cut off the flippers so they cant swim away. Then my grandpa and his friends would grind up the manatee bodies so they would have fresh meat to feed the pitbulls and Rottweilers in the barn that they use for fighting

[@genive129]

Fun fact: Back then Dugongs used to be mistaken for mermaids.

[@pango-y8j]

Reminds national wildlife marlin Perkins.... just catching stressing animals. Out Tucson Arizona Sonoran desert 🏜️ Jah rastafari

[@Rocio1988]

Hope all the best for conservation these beautiful and gentile manatees and dugons, two species that are critical endanger and we can save them. 🦭🦭

[@12outland12]

Looks like Brett's doing well

[@okaybye75]

Here we are a year later and it's getting worse 2 week's ago over 700 have died just sad . hope we can find a solution before it's too late.

[@Piapia650]

Me too

[@michaelworkman4057]

You're right and we can develop better propellors and sensors/systems that allow us to coexist better or we could get rid of propellors altogether I mean why are we obsessed with external propellors? Put them in a toob that way is sawfter maybe 🤔

[@luisangeldrosnegron3445]

Its so sad that of the just handful of wild animals that are gentle and non aggressive towards humans or in this case nobody and can live a very long life with no natural predators, except of course ourselves smh....😮 We cant sacrifice something as small as not going too fast on your boat on certain waterways for these lovely humble animals is very frustrating

[@albertafarmer8638]

2:56 they are GOD'S creatures.

[@krissmaboragaysofficials6370]

Ph have this "Dugong" or Sea Cow The word "dugong" derives from the Visayan dialect dugung in Philippines.

[@easyislander]

What happened to the Dugongs? You should have covered them more because they are even more critically endangered.

[@PAULLONDEN]

Fascinating .

[@emily91303]

Snootito in Orlando. 🌴

[@ascent8487]

I was wondering why multiple babies were chewing on their mamas arms. Lol.

[@gepard3728]

Manatee caretaking...

[@frankpalacio4403]

One kept swimming in the Houston ship channel area around the neighborhood Magnolia in East Houston Texas.... It was said when they rescued the animal he still swam back to Houston around the ship channel back in the neighborhood they named it Macario Garcia like the street by the Bayou

[@jodo7814]

Nothing like gang tackling and dog piling an animal to communicate that “safety and longevity of your species” is in mind.

[@TinTin-xi6kc]

It felt like we are the aliens and the manatee is the human being abducted

[@afrikainfo-doku]

Amazing video. it's Great. Let's Be KZbin friends?😀👍

[@jenjoseph5064]

These are my staffy dogs long lost ancestors.

[@amandastakeonit7402]

Florida needs to step up and be more morally responsible! They need to make boating around manatees illegal. No more moving to the areas near the water. The people are greedy and selfish!!

[@amandastakeonit7402]

How about paddle boats only!!! Rafts?! Even wooden boats...come on Florida!!!

[@sriyanperera6607]

Dugong- A close relative of the Manatee.

[@savannahdockins6361]

One year out from this video and they are more vulnerable now than ever due to red tides and loss of habitats.

[@stevelucky7579]

Wait hold up is that master chief

[@elizabethkeogh8874]

Got to be, right?

[@mx._dobro-spec]

Humans need to stop attacking manatees and their families

[@its_ezralol]

It’s accidental.When they have algae all over their back they kinda blend in.

[@Edward4Plantagenet]

Gulf of Mannar between Shrilankan & India has Dugong population.

[@shatnermohanty6678]

India's first Dugong reserve is to be established in Tamil Nadu

[@jamesdixon2857]

Slow down till in the ocean then go , we can sacrifice a little and it's not giving up much

[@allanmaruhom4453]

❤️👍

[@L_E_L_0_U_P]

Whenever I think of manatees, I think of Miss Choksondik.

[@stevenhall8964]

There are also Manatees in West Africa, and in the North Pacific and Stellars Sea and Artic Ocean between Canada, Alaska and Siberia/Russia the largest member of this family the Stellars Sea Cow was hunted to extinction in the 16 and 1700's by the turn of the 19th century (1800's) they were no more.

[@allisonbowie7778]

Honey that's NOT the size of an elephant 😂😂...also it's weird how they keep saying "the animal" lol

[@angeliewebb5105]

I couldn’t stop thinking and noticing that throughout the entire documentary 😂😂😂. It’s not where close to the size of an elephant mate, stop saying that. They’re such beautiful animals though and what they’re doing to help them is commendable.

[@shatnermohanty6678]

Someone told them that they are related to Elephants and that has been playing in their minds 😄

[@Eneri-z9v]

How about building speed boats with recessed or interior propellers instead. How about that as a moderate compromise. It should satisfy all parties involved.

[@sriyanperera6607]

Dugongs and their close Relatives the Manatees are both the same. Because they are called Sea Cows and they belong in the family of Sirenians.

[@commandershepardmessiah3345]

Wow someone really said "well me and my kids weren't able to see dinosaurs why should we care now" and I would've said firstly dinosaurs died millions of years before homo sapiens were even a thing, secondly I would've shown animals like the mega fauna of the ice age one of those being the Stellers sea cow a giant relative of manatees and dugongs we made extinct. That's why

[@Chemist9662]

Congratulations. Your dry docked a Manatee.

[@juriaanoussoren]

A elephant you can train to walk over here.....please send this guy to afrika to show him how you train a wild elephant and give him his medicine thing

[@pedro1234567ify]

isn't it crazy that they're often referred to as "sea cows," but they are farther related to cows, since their closest relative is a trunk-wielding land animal? 😂

[@stephenlongstreet8305]

Yea, and how would you milk a sea cow? Still, I wouldn’t mind taking a sip; low-fat and pasteurized of course!

[@Lilly-vz2un]

Sea elephants

[@shatnermohanty6678]

@@stephenlongstreet8305 Luke Skywalker in Last Jedi drinking milk from a Manatee like creature 😉

[@ethanol77]

*says iceberg lettuce is "green water" proceeds to cut up 50 heads of lettuce*

[@kwacou4279]

It was cabbage.

[@veronicazawodniak9412]

We need to help all of God’s creatures...

[@chlorone]

a) there is no god b) we dont need to help them we have to leave them alone and stop killing animals c) what we need is to give them their living habitats back

[@MrLotrecht]

I do not understand why are the boots not buildet saver for animals ? There must be just a cage around the propeller and it would not be so bad when it came to an crash between the animals and boats!

[@stephaniebernard5439]

wont they band speed boats in that river and have row boats

[@naiyalexic]

They need seagrass... they're starving to death. We have to help them.

[@shanesmith9820]

Are they related to seals??

[@its_ezralol]

No.They’re related to elephants.

[@shanesmith9820]

@@its_ezralol thank you

[@RainbowBoyChris]

Seals? manatees look like seals 🦭

[@willsalazarramirez5139]

CHICLAYO PERU 🇵🇪

[@K4YSTR547]

Anyone got a song list for this video?

[@breAnnasmama]

They look so weird. The dugong is just gross looking with all that Jazz going on with its mouth when it eats. They’re cute in their own way but remind me of some ugly sea rabbit .. if this would let me post a pic. Of an example I would. I rescued one that had this face that i just can’t begin to describe effectively haha !! But that thing reminded me of it right off. Ughhh. Creepy looking things. Yet they’re so cool and it’s sad they’re just dwindling down. But typical of people to wait til things are Way too out of balance to resolve things thru likely contributed to or caused in the first place. So annoying

[@raymyself8934]

No its not like that examining manatees and rescue i know a marine biologist do good more like that they not using net. They just see examine and collect data water and more and manatees not injured like that im doubting if they intent. I want to become a ecologist i graduate philosophy...

[@kwacou4279]

if Cali & N.Y. wasn't so screwed up, due to who they vote for, poor Florida wouldn't be flooded with thousands moving there a year. Save the manatees, don't move to Florida, fix your politics.

[@djcrazy2685]

think about this wat if wild animals wanted to catch us n document our health do u think humans would like that, probably not!!

[@deaftodd]

Still really disturbs me about someone who wrote TRUMP on the manatee.

[@thejc-chan1902]

😢you’re making them suffer with your research.

[@jackiemoore9634]

Came here for the Dugong's and didn't get any till 35 minutes into the video

[@jermainemcintosh9351]

Let god and nature do it’s work.. not doctors and researchers

[@P_steez]

Agreed, this seemed needless

[@chlorone]

theres no god, and mankind is working hard everyday to destroy every bit of natures creations. its just a matter of time till mankind turned this beautifull planet into another mars or venus

[@P_steez]

@@chlorone “let god and nature do it’s work” is a common saying, no need to insult people’s beliefs to say that mankind is destroying our ecosystems.

[@Newenglandlocal]

Except god isnt saving these manatees, science is.

[@Newenglandlocal]

You obviously have no idea how to conserve and rehabilitate animals

[@sanderslongdrive]

These 'researchers' need to leave these creatures alone and get a life.

[@allisonbowie7778]

I don't like the dugongs name lol

[@arisjin2049]

Fu thhyhhyyuuuuhu

[@philipmendisco6656]

Fun fact. The flippers of immature and baby manatee are highly prized for their exotic, tender meat and also used in erectile disfunction medications. Care must be taken when using gardening clippers during the removal of the flippers. Clippers can cause infection if not wiped off every so often

[@Ohno1111-y9h]

Troll lol Go to your basement and cry now cuz none cares

[@alexraymonson2802]

This dont feel like a documentary this looks like some bull