Talk:Steller's Sea Cow

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).

[edit] Maximum size?

Wikipedia's figures are fairly well reproduced, but I have occasionally seen figures of 10.7 meters or 35 feet for this animal. This site mentions that the environment may have prevented the animals from growing to their maximum size, so could the 35 foot figure come from the fossil specimens? Cameron 16:20, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

--Steller mentions that the species grew up to 25 ft. But maybe there were some that grew past 30ft in ancient times when food was more abundant and a larger population meant more giants? --70.59.155.91 19:27, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../s/t/e/Talk%7ESteller%27s_Sea_Cow_547a.html"