# Are Manatees white or Dark Meat?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-manatees-white-or-dark-meat/44075>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [December 5, 2000, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-manatees-white-or-dark-meat/44075 "2000-12-05T03:31:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![caldron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@caldron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caldron)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-manatees-white-or-dark-meat/44075/1 "2000-12-05T03:31:45Z")

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For a historical perspective on this subject, check out:

[http://members.home.net/calderon/food.htm#manatee](http://members.home.net/calderon/food.htm#manatee)

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-manatees-white-or-dark-meat/44075/2 "2000-12-05T08:21:23Z")

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A link is appreciated. The Mailbag item is [Are manatees white meat or dark meat?](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mmanatee.html)

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-manatees-white-or-dark-meat/44075/3 "2000-12-05T14:49:48Z")

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Eh, **Caldron,** your link gives me a “Page Not Found”–dunno whether it’s them or me. Here’s the next page up the address, the entire “Food” page. [http://members.home.net/calderon/food.htm](http://members.home.net/calderon/food.htm)

Some of the other selections on this page give me a “Page Not Found”, and the resting mouse pointer “What’s This?” box brings up, “CJ Program Files Claris Corp Claris Home Page 2.0”. Whuzzat? One of the manatee files is so labeled and won’t let me look at it. Reason I ask is, I couldn’t help noticing the Aztec recipe for Spaniards further down the page…

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**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-manatees-white-or-dark-meat/44075/4 "2000-12-05T17:57:06Z")

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I found the piece on the Spaniards and manatee meat and it’s pretty interesting. Very cool follow-up on my staff report. Thanks!  
Jill

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**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-manatees-white-or-dark-meat/44075/5 "2000-12-06T12:28:21Z")

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I gather this is _your_ page **caldron**. Very cool, thanks for posting it. You may wish to post your “What is pith of alder?” question over in the General Questions forum.

**DDG** : “Claris” is the name of a line of Mac software. What you see means that the information is not available at present, it is just a link to some information on **caldron** ’s hard drive.