Mothers & Babys
Manatees can live up to 60 years. A mother manatee is pregnant for 12 months (1 year.) The mother likes only QUIET places to give birth. That mother can ONLY have 1 baby at a time. That baby is called a calve and the calve can swim in minutes of birth (The mothers may help them,) That calve swims parallel to his or her mother. That calve stays with their mother for 1 to 2 years. After birth the calve vocalizes with their mother (that is very important!)