The Sea’s Gentle Vegetarians — Dugongs & Their Ocean Cousins 💙 Did you know a dugong can eat up to 30 kilos of seagrass a day? They are one of the only vegetarian marine mammals, spending most of their time grazing on seagrass meadows, like underwater cows keeping the ocean floor clean and alive. Their close relatives, the manatees, share the same plant-based diet, but live far away, in the Atlantic and Caribbean waters. 🌏 Dugongs are found in the Indo-Pacific, including the Philippines, Austr