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TIL Manatees live to be 60 years old and can demonstrate task learning abilities similar to Dolphins, yet, being herbivores, are nearly impossible to motivate. The English in the 1700s declared Florida to be a manatee sanctuary. Today, they’re endangered species and sold on the Asian black market.

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