Manatees evolved from four footed land mammals over 60 million years ago. manatees are distantly related to elephants. they range in color from gray to brown, and the average adult is about 10 feet long and weighs between 1,500 and 2,200 pounds. life expectancy is about 60 years. newborns range in size from 4 to 4.5 feet, and weigh about 60 pounds. manatee young are called calves. what is the best conclusion for this paragraph? a. they are entirely aquatic, meaning they spend their lives in the water. b. in the u. s. the manatee is listed as a federally endangered species. c. calves are dependent on their mother for up to 2 years. d. they thrive well in fresh, salt and brackish waters.

Stone, two or three feet thick, the door of wood and iron, a foot thick, and the iron grating which strained the light, i could not being struck with the foolishness of that institution which treated me as if i were mere flesh and blood and bones, to be locked up. i wondered that it should have concluded at length that this was the best use it could put me to, and had never thought to avail itself of my services in some way. i saw that, if there was a wall of stone between me and my townsmen, there was a still more difficult one to climb or break through before they could get to be as free as i was. i did not for a moment feel confined, and the walls seemed a great waste of stone and mortar. i felt as if i alone of all my townsmen had paid my tax. — “civil disobedience,” henry david thoreau based on this passage, how did thoreau feel about his confinement?

When should readers refer to a dictionary instead of relying on context clues? select all that apply. when they have timeeach unfamiliar word they findwhen the surrounding words are unfamiliarwhen an unfamiliar word appears frequently

Esther is a person and who makes friends easily. parallel structure how?