Stella manatee skeleton

Stella manatee skeleton

The Steller manatee, also known as the giant dugong, is an extinct species of manatee, first described by German naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller in 1741. This giant marine mammal once lived near the Command Islands in the Bering Sea, mainly distributed in the waters between Alaska and Russia. Due to its slow movement and fearlessness of humans, the Stella manatee was overhunted within 27 years of its discovery and eventually became extinct in 1768.