back to mickey joes. the amazon rescue center works on species conservation rescuing various threatened animals that are vital to the ecosystem including manichees a marine mammal sometimes known as the sea cow. in monotheists myspace amenities are the largest mammals in the amazon oddly enough the least well known field on the field when we began our work here 80 percent of the end have a ton ketosis were completely unfamiliar with this species. maybe manatee would end up in their fishing nets and people would keep them as pets . but then the manatees wouldn't die in captivity. the amazon rescue center was the only place in the world where rescued manatees are raised and then released back into the wild they take a lot of looking after the calves need to be fed every 2 hours for the 1st 2 years there are lactose intolerant so they're given a special milk imported from the u.s. one manatee costs the center $10000.00 per year the animals have a gentle trusting nature. but. hunters kill down when they come