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What are the challenges associated with therapeutic fluid administration in manatees?  What techniques can be used?

Mating in alligators generally occurs between the months of June and September

The left testis is always greater in size than the right testis in alligators.

Fibropapillomatosis is an infectious, tumorous disease of sea turtles.

The average passage time of food through the sirenian hindgut is about a week.

Jay Flint discussed the economics and cost associated with sea turtle rehabilitation.  Imagine you are advocating for more funds to be spent on sea turtle population recovery rather than the rehabilitation of individual animals.  What are 3 initiatives you could suggest to invest in?

Social signals in alligators include

According to known manatee karyotypes, how many chromosomes does the Florida manatee have?

Sea turtles are either herbivorous or carnivorous and maintain the same ecological role in food webs throughout their entire lives.

Sirenians have both a reduced olfactory bulb and fewer taste buds compared to terrestrial mammals.