. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. BOOK MARKET • MANATEES: NATURAL HISTORY & CONSERVATION, by James Powell. 2002. Voyageur Press, Inc., Stillwater, MN 55082. 72 pages. Paperback, $ ISBN 0-89658-583-2. Anyone harboring a soft spot for marine animals will enjoy Manatees. Adults and children alike will pause at each photograph, displaying the primitive beauty of the manatee in a variety of habitats and poses. Powell opens with recollections of his earliest interest in manatees: "My father had no need to tell me to be quiet, I'm
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. BOOK MARKET • MANATEES: NATURAL HISTORY & CONSERVATION, by James Powell. 2002. Voyageur Press, Inc., Stillwater, MN 55082. 72 pages. Paperback, $ ISBN 0-89658-583-2. Anyone harboring a soft spot for marine animals will enjoy Manatees. Adults and children alike will pause at each photograph, displaying the primitive beauty of the manatee in a variety of habitats and poses. Powell opens with recollections of his earliest interest in manatees: "My father had no need to tell me to be quiet, I'm not sure I was breathing. It was a 'sea cow,' he told me in his southern drawl, or a 'manatee.' " The manatee's benign nature is magnified by the fact that "these placid creatures that suffer so at the hands of man and his machines, approach and actively solicit human contact: not to be fed or rewarded in any other way but to be ; Powell educates as he details the origins and biology of the manatee, beginning with the obvious question: What exactly is a manatee? While they bear a facial resemblance to walruses and are often called sea cows, they actually "belong to an interesting group of mammals referred to as subungulates and may be distantly related to ungulates or hooved mammals such as cattle, horses, and deer," writes Powell. Powell successfully brings the biological, conservation and emotional aspects of the manatee existence full circle. Parents should hoist children into their laps as they read the chapter, "A Year in the Life of a Florida ; In this fictional tale inspired by his 30 years of experience in manatee observation, Powell traces the life of a Florida manatee called Tia. Here we are introduced to a strange and unusual environment full of "its own peculiar complement of sounds from snapping shrimp, grunts and the noise of lapping waves over the oyster ; Through Tia, we witness the miracle of h
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