Manatees might be relatively recent arrivals to Florida, study finds
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Manatees might be relatively recent arrivals to Florida, study finds
A few billion years ago, Florida was part of Africa. When the Atlantic Ocean opened up, Florida was left behind, stuck onto the North American continent. It was just a big chunk of rock. Sea levels rose and fell over Earth’s history, covering Florida with hundreds of feet of ocean water for millions of years, then exposing it again.
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