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Hydrodamalis gigas: Applying genomics to the extinct Steller’s Sea Cow.
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The Steller’s Sea Cow, Hydrodamalis gigas, was first described by German naturalist and explorer Georg Wilhelm Steller in 1741, and became extinct 27 years later, presumably as a result of Human activities. As a Sirenian reaching over 10 m in length and weighed in excess of 10 metric tons and living in the subarctic waters around the Commander Islands, of the Russian Far East, Steller’s Sea Cow was a very unusual Animal (all other known Sirenian species are tropical or subtropical in distribution, and the largest reach about 4 m in length and weigh at most 1.5 tons). As with many other extinct Animals, understanding the biology of the Steller’s Sea Cow, has been difficult.

JoeB 6 Feb 12
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Quite a moo-ving article to read thank you,.
Oh sorry for the poor attempt at a pun but I blame it on Jeebus, he made me do it....LOL.

Triphid Level 9 Feb 12, 2022
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Holy cow!!.... Interesting

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