Xel-Ha Blog

Three manatees, weighing a combined total of nearly a ton, arrived on Tuesday to Xel-Ha Natural Wonder, which will be their new home from today, a natural niche that will additionally serve to display their habits and lives for the appreciation and joy of visitors.

The specimens’ names are Bu’ul, the youngest, a male 8 months old, weighing around 220 lbs, whose name means “bean” in Mayan; Bu’ul’s mother Pompom, thirteen years old and weighing around 1,100 lbs; and Baaxal, an adolescent female whose name means “toy” in Mayan, weighing almost 650 lbs. (more…)