The Manatee Scientists: Saving Vulnerable Species

by Peter Lourie

Book Overview

In The Manatee Scientists, John Reynolds does an aerial count of manatees from the Florida sky; Lucy Keith spends a weekend rescuing manatees trapped in a dam in Senegal; and Fernando Rosas takes the author on an Amazonian boat trip, looking for a young manatee he released back into the wild, with emotional results. These scientists are working hard to save manatees: docile, large sea mammals who are eaten in some parts of the world, feared in others,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 054715254X
• ISBN13: 9780547152547
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.1" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7