Stellers+Sea+Cow





The Feeding Habits of the Steller's Sea Cow.  The steller's sea cow grew to be up to 29.5 feet long. It weighs up to three tons. Steller described it skin to be "black and thick like the bark of a old oak". It had no teeth just to flat bones one above, the other below. It's head in proportion to it's body was small. It had stout forelimbs and a whale-like tail.  The Feeding Habits of the Steller's Sea Cow.

 This manatee would eat heaps and heaps and heaps of Kelp and Stalks.  History of the Steller's sea Cow.



The Stellers sea cow was founded by a German naturalist called Georg Steller. Steller first thought that there were many of them because when he saw them the appeared in large herds of them. Zoologist Leonhard Hess Stejneger estimated that there were only 1500 left and they were on the brink of extinction. Sadly they were quickly wiped out by sailors, seal hunters, and fur traders. media type="youtube" key="p7txP9MOCqs" height="349" width="425" This is not the Steller's sea cow it's is it's close cousin the manatee which is on the brink of extinction. It is possible that the stellers sea cow is still alive today and is just hiding.