Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2021/01/22/cute-dugong-eating-on-the-ocean-floor-video.html
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Does it show what, if anything, is left behind after the seagoing Hoover passes over?
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So, it eats / likes mud…?
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I think it’s eating the plants at the bottom?
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Seagrass and the occasional shellfish.
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I like that it travels with a posse.
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Isn’t nature wonderful? 
(except for certain viruses and humans)
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It’s the cow of the sea y’know…:
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Came to say same! We’re so lucky to have this amazing planet. I hope someday we get to the point where more world leaders have a basic understanding of ecology.
And the dugong’s skin looks almost pearlescent in that video!
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Look at the weird skulls they have: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dugong#/media/File:Dugong_skeleton_displayed_at_Philippine_National_Museum.jpg
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Neat! The lower jaw looks almost like a human pelvic bone.
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Bumblebeefish honor guard
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