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An enormous Steller's Sea Cow In the background - Inuits
Steller's Sea Cows are very fascinating animals indeed. These enormous creatures grew to 8-9 metres in length and approximately wighed a staggering 8-10 tonnes! This is much larger than a dugong or a manatee, which are its close relatives. They have tough grey skin much like the dugongs' skin because they are closely related to each other. But suddenly, when the British colonians discovered these new, gargantuan marine creatures, they instantaneously knew that this slow-moving monster was an easy and manageable target. By 1768, which is within 27 years of its discovery by the inconsiderate British, the Steller's Sea Cows were hunted to extinction sadly enough. That is why presently, we cannot see any more Steller's Sea Cows anywhere.
One of the dugongs closest relatives are the Steller's Sea Cows, which have been hunted to death as you already know from the previous paragraph. Because of humans, many detrimental and unacceptable things have happened like the extinction of flora and fauna, killing trees for civilisation, and burning petrol which is damaging our Earth's atmosphere, which is creating a domino affect as it is also badly affecting other innocent creatures who haven't done anything wrong at all. Like the extinction of the Steller's Sea Cows. What's even more saddening is the fact that the sea cows were driven to extinction just 27 years after its discovery. This is all because of the dirty work of humans.
Because of the dugongs' close relatives going extinct, there is always a chance for them to go extinct now aswell. Luckily, presently, we have many organisations which help prevent these horrible outcomes and thanks to this, currently the status of the dugongs isn't as bad as the sea cows.
One of the dugongs closest relatives are the Steller's Sea Cows, which have been hunted to death as you already know from the previous paragraph. Because of humans, many detrimental and unacceptable things have happened like the extinction of flora and fauna, killing trees for civilisation, and burning petrol which is damaging our Earth's atmosphere, which is creating a domino affect as it is also badly affecting other innocent creatures who haven't done anything wrong at all. Like the extinction of the Steller's Sea Cows. What's even more saddening is the fact that the sea cows were driven to extinction just 27 years after its discovery. This is all because of the dirty work of humans.
Because of the dugongs' close relatives going extinct, there is always a chance for them to go extinct now aswell. Luckily, presently, we have many organisations which help prevent these horrible outcomes and thanks to this, currently the status of the dugongs isn't as bad as the sea cows.