Hamilton’s Journey – Manatees in a New Light

Director:  Ulf Marquardt
Production Country: Germany
Production Year։ 2014
Duration։ 52 min

Synopsis

600 kilos of pure friendliness – a sea cow, or manatee, is not exactly a paragon of beauty. However, they are without doubt the friendliest giants that inhabit the crystal waters of Florida’s rivers and shores. They spend most of the daytime eating water plants. Females selflessly care for the young – of others as much as their own. Aggression is completely alien to these animals. It is only during the mating season that things take off: it is not rare for several males to pursue one female and it sometimes takes weeks till she chooses the future father of her offspring.