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These large aquatic mammals have always been valued as food, but little has been known of their biology. The following, based on a paper read to the Linnean Society on February 15, is a report of a preliminary study carried out in Queensland and Guyana.
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BERTRAM, G., RICARDO BERTRAM, C. Bionomics of Dugongs and Manatees. Nature 218, 423–426 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/218423a0
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