a touch of color
dugong
Posted by e. (New York, NY, United States) on 26 October 2009 in Animal & Insect.
A dugong, one of only six in captivity. A dugong is the origin of the mermaid legend. Can't you see the resemblance? =)
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Photo taken in Toba, Japan on December 23, 2007.
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Fliss from Melbourne Beach, Florida, United States
That is what they are called in Australia... down here in Florida... they are the Manatee and I see them in the river just swimming around or mating...
27 Oct 2009 2:35am
@Fliss: The manatee are different from the dugong. They are... rounder, for lack of a better word. And also, dugong feed upside down, which manatee don't.
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