POOF ! THAT'S HOW FAST THE LAST DUGONG WILL EVER BE SEEN BY THE HUMAN RACE . WITHOUT YOUR HELP , DUGONGS ALL OVER THE WORLD MIGHT FACE THIS DREADFUL FATE . THANKFULLY , ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AROUND THE WORLD HAD HELPED THESE COY CREATURES TO SURVIVE THIS ORDEAL . RESEARCHES DONE HAS SHOWN STARTLING STATISTICS THAT REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF DUGONGS LEFT TODAY . SO , LETS MAKE AN EFFORT TO SAVE THESE SEA MAMMALS ...
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Dugong is vulnerable to exctinction at a global scale. Dugong and its closest living aquatic relative,the manatee are more closely related to elephants than to whales or dolphins and belong to the order, Sirenia in the mammal family Dugongidae. Given that as a species, herds continue to be regularly observed around Hawar that consist mostly of mothers with calves,therefore that make up the herds, or individuals present, changes each year. In 2003,a dead calf thought to be still born was found on the shoreline of Hawar.
Unfortunately,the carcass was lost in the tide before an attempt to recover it could be made. Although it has never been proven conclusively that dugong breed around Hawar, there is,however considerable evidence to suggest that the area is the least important nursery.
