Steller’s Sea Cow for Kids
Meet Steller’s sea cow, a gentle ocean giant that slowly munched through underwater kelp forests.
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Meet Steller’s sea cow
Steller’s sea cow was a massive marine mammal.
It was related to gentle animals like manatees and dugongs.
It could grow up to about thirty feet long. That is as long as a small bus.
It had no teeth. Instead, it used tough flat pads in its mouth to chew kelp.
Steller’s sea cows are not alive today. That means they are extinct.
Little sea cow facts
Ocean giant
Steller’s sea cow was one of the biggest sea mammals after whales.
Kelp grazer
It ate kelp, a long seaweed that grows in underwater forests.
No teeth
It did not need teeth because its mouth had tough chewing pads.
Peaceful giant
It helps us imagine a quiet ocean giant drifting slowly through the sea.
Steller’s sea cow games
Tap the sea cow
Tap the gentle giant and watch bubbles float up.
Munch the kelp
Feed the sea cow some soft kelp.
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Munches: 0
Swim through kelp
Help the sea cow glide through the underwater forest.
The kelp forest is waving.
No teeth!
Look at the tough pads used for chewing kelp.
No teeth needed.
Sea cow quiz
What did Steller’s sea cow eat?
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Kelp forest
Choose one.
Gentle giant quiz
How long could it grow?
Ocean giant
Choose the best answer.
Printable Steller’s sea cow activity
Colour, trace, and read
Open a clean one-page printable with a big sea cow picture, the words Steller’s Sea Cow, and a tiny fact.