![]() Another of the manatee's relatives is a bit more unexpected - the hyrax, a small primitive mammal about the size of a gopher. This is for good reason - the elephant is actually believed to be one of the closest living relatives of the manatee. The second game remarks that, when petted, the West Indian manatee's skin feels like an elephant's. ![]() They've also been spotted in groups of hundreds around the warm water outflows from coastal power plants. During the winter months, their need for warm water may lead them to temporarily take up residence in freshwater springs.Regardless of salt content, they need warm water in order to survive, as they have no insulating fat layer to protect them from the cold. They even occasionally make their way into lakes. Like the first game reports, West Indian manatees can live in both fresh and saltwater, able to tolerate a huge range of salinities.An ancient relative of Steller's sea cow, Hydrodamalis cuestae, was likely to have reached similar sizes.The same biologist who named Steller's sea cow, Georg Wilhelm Steller, also lent his name to the Steller sea lion.The information about Steller's sea cow in the West Indian manatee's in-game description is accurate, for the most part however, it was not driven to extinction in thirty years, but only twenty-seven, discovered in the year 1741 and extinct by 1768. Though the West Indian manatee is the largest Sirenian alive today, the previous record holder was another animal mentioned in the in-game descriptions: Steller's sea cow ( Hydrodamalis gigas), which may have weighed as much as a school bus.Dugongs do not make an appearance in either Endless Ocean game. The West Indian manatee is the largest living member of the order Sirenia, which includes dugongs and manatees (as is said in the description in the first game).This is connected to the fact that manatees are thought to have been the inspiration for the myth of the mermaid, as is accurately reported by both games. The name "Sirenia" comes from the word "siren", the name of a kind of mermaid that could lure sailors into the sea by singing. Members of the order Sirenia, which the West Indian manatee belongs to, are commonly called "Sirenians".However, in the second, it is joined by the Amazonian manatee, though the Amazonian manatee lives in a far different habitat. This animal is the only species of manatee to appear in the first Endless Ocean game.Come on, Kat, get a grip! That's crazy talk." When viewed through the "windows" of the main chamber in Great Aqua Cave (areas in the wall that have eroded away), Kat will say: " Ah! is that a mermaid?! A mermaid.This is one of Jean-Eric's favorite creatures, though it will only count as his favorite when viewing the Doughnut Reef cutscene, not when focusing on them.They like being petted this is how the player unlocks their trivia information in the second game. They swim around slowly in loose groups, serenely drifting. It is plausible that the creature seen by Columbus was also a manatee." Location Endless Ocean Ī small group of three West Indian manatees can be found exactly where their in-game description states - in the Rim Pool room of the Great Aqua Cave.Ī small group of three of these creatures, similar to in the first game, can be seen in Gatama Atoll at Doughnut Reef. However, there is a prominent theory that many of these sightings were actually of sea cows, including manatees. " Tales of mermaids are told all over the world, and a sighting was even recorded in a ship's journal on Columbus' voyage. It is friendly and will let itself be stroked and petted, and its skin feels like an elephant's." The manatee lives in warm waters and spends most of the day grazing on seaweed and other plants. "This fat, rotund animal with big round eyes can be distinguished from the similar dugong by its fan-shaped tail. A mere thirty years after being discovered, however, overhunting by humans drove the species to extinction." Endless Ocean 2 In 1741, a third member was discovered and named Hydrodamalis gigas, or Steller's sea cow. There are only two members of the order Sirenia: manatees and dugongs. They are thought to be the creatures responsible for the legend of the mermaid, tales of which appeared even in the logs of Christopher Columbus. They also have clawed forefeet shaped like flippers, which allows them to grasp and hold seaweed. Hearty animals, West Indian manatees can live in either fresh or saltwater. They are completely grey and can be found year-round at the rim pool of the Great Aqua Cave. They look similar to dugongs but can be differentiated by their fan-shaped tail. "These slow-moving creatures have large bodies with oblong faces and thick upper lips.
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