CollectA-Dougong

Dugongs occur in tropical and subtropical waters around the world.

Dugongs are large grey mammals which spend their entire lives in the sea.

Fully grown, they may be three metres long and weigh 400 kilograms.

Dugongs swim by moving their broad whale-like tail in an up and down motion, and by use of their two flippers.

They come to the surface to breathe through nostrils near the top of their snouts. Dugongs' only hairs are the bristles near the mouth.

Size 15.4 X 4.8cmH