Amazonian manatee  (Trichechus inunguis)

Amazonian manatee swimming beneath aquatic vegetation

The Amazonian manatee is a most bizarre-looking aquatic mammal, and was first described as a curious combination of a hippopotamus and a seal. Its body is large, dark grey to black and smooth-skinned, and its forelimbs are modified into flippers like

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