Editing African manatee (section)

==Diet==
Manatees are [[omnivores]]; and are known to occasionally eat clams, [[mollusk]]s, and fish found in nets.<ref>Keith Diagne, Lucy. (2014). Phylogenetics And Feeding Ecology Of The African Manatee, ''Trichechus senegalensis''.</ref> The percentage of the diet that is composed of non-plant material varies based on location,<ref name="IUCN" /> with manatees living off the coast having a lifetime average of 50% non-plant material.<ref name="IUCN" /> The West African manatee is the only sirenian that seems to intentionally consume non-plant material.  A majority of the African manatee's diet is made up of a variety of [[flora]] found above or hanging over the water. African manatees that inhabit rivers mostly eat the overhanging plants growing on the river banks. The diet of African manatees living in estuaries consists solely of mangrove trees. Each day, the African manatee eats about four to nine percent of its body weight in wet vegetation.<ref name="SeaWorld"/><ref name="AnimalCorner">{{cite web|year=2012|title=West African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis)|url=http://www.animalcorner.co.uk/marine/manatees/manatee_westafrican.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120033433/http://animalcorner.co.uk/marine/manatees/manatee_westafrican.html|archive-date=November 20, 2010|access-date=January 5, 2011|publisher=Animal Corner}}</ref> Microorganisms within the African manatee's large intestine, which measures up to {{convert|20|m|ft|0|disp=or}} in length, aid it in digesting the large quantity and variety of vegetation that it consumes daily.<ref name="EOL"/>