Steller's sea cow from Extinct ad Vanishing Mammals of the Western Hemisphere, Glover M. Allen. Steller's sea cow sketch and palate, from Symbolae Sirenologicae, drawng by J.F. Brandt.
Big Mama shows her calf the finer points grazing along a bed of waterweeds in the Weeki Wachee River. I didn't look close enough at it to identify whether it's Elodea or Hydrilla, but they sure seem to like it, regardless.I guess if you don't make a big mess and stir up a huge cloud of silt, you're not doing it right.The calf's not paying much attention; it's too busy trying to figure it all out on it's own. Kids these days...Weeki Wachee RiverHernando County FloridaOlympus OM-D E-M514-42mm II LensPT-EP08 Underwater Housing, PPO-EP01 Lens Port & 14-42mm Zoom Gear
This jumping balls of fur are monogamous and go around the desert jumping in couples.This one was so tired (or parasite-infested) I had time to make this 4 pics where she looks pretty bad...next second she flew away.