Dugong: The Giant Endangered Animals Species

Dugong Habitat

Dugong Eating

The dugong is a large marine mammal. The dugong is the only strictly-marine herbivorous mammal. The dugong has a fusiform body with no dorsal fin or hind limbs, The dugong is heavily dependent on seagrasses for subsistence and is thus restricted to the coastal habitats where they grow, with the largest dugong concentrations typically occurring in wide, shallow, protected areas such as bays, mangrove channels and the lee sides of large inshore islands. Its snout is sharply downturned, an adaptation for grazing and uprooting benthic seagrasses.

Giant Dugong

Dugong Swimming

Dugong Sea Animal

The dugong as a species vulnerable to extinction, the main causes of population decline remain anthropogenic and include hunting, habitat degradation, and fishing-related fatalities. With its long lifespan of 70 years or more, and slow rate of reproduction, the dugong is especially vulnerable to these issues.Dugongs are also threatened by storms, parasites, and their natural predators, sharks, killer whales, and crocodiles.