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x White, Theodore E.
  1953
A method of calculating the dietary percentage of various food animals utilized by aboriginal peoples.
Amer. Antiquity 18(4): 396-398. Tab. 14. Apr. 1953.
–Estimates that a 1,000-pound manatee yields 70% of its weight as usable meat (398).

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Economic Uses
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
x  1953White, T.E. (Trichechus; estimated to yield 70% usable meat; 398.)