Apart from mothers with their young, or males following a receptive female, manatees are generally solitary animals.
 Manatees spend approximately 50% of the day sleeping submerged, surfacing for air regularly at intervals of less than 20 minutes.
The remainder of the time is mostly spent grazing in shallow waters at depths of 1–2 metres (3.3–6.6 ft).
The Florida subspecies (T. m. latirostris) has been known to live up to 60 years.
Apart from mothers with their young, or males following a receptive female, manatees are generally solitary animals.  Manatees spend approximately 50% of the day sleeping submerged, surfacing for air regularly at intervals of less than 20 minutes. The remainder of the time is mostly spent grazing in shallow waters at depths of 1–2 metres (3.3–6.6 ft). The Florida subspecies (T. m. latirostris) has been known to live up to 60 years.
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