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Steller's
Sea Cow
This sea cow, living in Alaska and
somewhat looking like a giant manatee was 25-30 feet long and weighed 4 tons!
Steller's sea He
(Steller) was on a ship that got shipwrecked and the men were
starving so they ate whatever was around, in this case it was the Citations Books McClung, Robert M. Lost Wild America. United States: Linnet Books, 1993. Images Image of Alaska Map from "Microsoft Office Design Gallery Live" <http://dgl.microsoft.com/?CAG=1> Images free for non-profit and personal use. (December-March, 2003). Image of Steller's Sea Cow from "ArtToday.com" <http://members.clipart.com/en/index> (2003).
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cow was discovered by a man named... Stellar! What a surprise!
Steller found this beast and many other animals like the Steller's jay,
Steller's eider, Steller's sea eagle, Steller's sea lion, and of course
Steller's sea cow. 
sea cow.
It was easy to catch because this sea cow had no fear of humans, so they did not
run away. Inch-thick skin (I'm not kidding) or not, the men ate them, and
they used the skin for shoes. Boy, they
must have had a feast! You're wondering why? Well it's because the sea cow did not
have any method of defense (you know like the octopus shoots ink out to scare
its enemies), as most animals do. It had no teeth! Well it didn't
need to have teeth because they ate marine algae. The men thought the species would "never
end" and it would never die out! Boy, were they wrong! In about 25
years the Steller's sea cow was gone... forever.